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憋氣
简 憋气 · 繁 憋氣Mandarin · pinyin biē qì
Meanings
- to hold one's breath
- to feel suffocated (for lack of air)
- choked with bottled-up resentment
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1–4 · bie1 qi4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
bit3 hei3
Cantonese word readings for 憋氣. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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verb
- to hold one's breath
- to feel suffocated
- to feel oppressed
- to feel resentful
adj
- suffocated; stuffy; stifled
- oppressed
- resentful
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