呼吸作用 hūxīzuòyòng respiration Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 呼吸 hūxī verbnoun to breathe to inhale and exhale; to respire作用 zuòyòng noun function the natural purpose or activity of something, such as a biological or chemical process; often used as a suffix to mean "-ation" or "-ing" as in 消化 xiāohuà plus this word for "digestion"