喘气
chuǎn​qì

to pant

喘气 喘氣 chuǎn//qì
to pant verb + noun
To breathe heavily; to pant or gasp for air.

她倚靠在门上，大口喘着气。

tā yǐ​kào zài mén shang, dà kǒu chuǎn zhe qì.

Gasping for breath, she leaned against the door.

to take a breather verb + noun
To take a short break during stressful or busy activity; to catch one's breath.

现在我需要喘口气了。

xiàn​zài wǒ xū​yào chuǎn kǒu qì le.

I need to catch my breath now.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
3.99 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
1.99 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6

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Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)