呼吸
hū​xī HSK4

to breathe

呼吸 hū​xī
to breathe verbnoun
to inhale and exhale; to respire

他的呼吸平静又规律。

tā de hū​xī píng​jìng yòu guī​lǜ.

His breathing was calm and regular.

呼吸几乎是不可能的。

hū​xī jī​hū shì bù​kě​néng de.

Breathing was nearly impossible.

breathing exercises noun
(Daoism) traditional breathing and meditation techniques for health and longevity; tuna
moment
(literary) an extremely short period of time, similar to the time it takes for a single breath
majestic
(literary) to describe a vast or powerful momentum, like the rising and falling of tides

Frequency
Movie subtitles
72.6 per million appears in 22% of films
Written text
44.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4

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Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)