一口气
yī​kǒu​qì HSK5

at a stretch

一口气 (一口氣) yī​kǒu​qì
at a stretch numeral
doing something continuously without stopping; in one go

他一口气读完了整本书。

tā yī​kǒu​qì dú wán le zhěng běn shū.

He finished reading the entire book in one go.

one breath numeral
the air inhaled or exhaled in a single cycle of breathing

他深吸了一口气，然后潜入水中。

tā shēn​xī le yī​kǒu​qì, rán​hòu qián​rù shuǐ zhōng.

He took a deep breath and then dove into the water.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
0.980 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
22.6 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 5

Cross-References

Has erhua variant

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)