窒息 (zhì xī): to choke; to stifle; to suffocate
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Word info
- Pinyin
- Meaning
- to choke; to stifle; to suffocate
- Characters
- 2
- Part of speech
- verb
- HSK level
- HSK 7
Full definitions
Meanings grouped by pronunciation.
- to choke
- to stifle
- to suffocate
Chinese explanation
- 因为呼吸道被堵塞或受到压迫，不能正常呼吸，甚至完全停止呼吸，有生命危险
- 也比喻感到极度压抑、透不过气，无法自由表达或发展。
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Example sentences
While eating fish, he accidentally swallowed a fishbone that got stuck in his throat and immediately felt a choking sensation, which frightened his family into taking him to the hospital right away.
The small room had its windows tightly shut and no air circulation; after staying there a while, he felt almost suffocated, so he quickly opened the door and went outside to breathe fresh air.
Upon hearing the news of his mother's sudden death, he felt a wave of suffocation, his chest tightened, and he couldn't speak, only standing there in a daze.
In the last minute of the game, the opponent scored two goals in a row to take the lead, making the atmosphere in the entire stadium so tense that it was suffocating, and the audience held their breath.
He is allergic to cat fur; as soon as he entered his friend's house where a cat was kept, he sneezed nonstop and then began to choke, so his friend quickly took him to the hospital.
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