呼吸

Chinese

to breathe out to breathe in
simp. and trad.
(呼吸)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (32) (32)
Final () (23) (142)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I Chongniu III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/huo/ /hˠiɪp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/huo/ /hᵚip̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/xo/ /xiep̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hɔ/ /hjip̚/
Li
Rong
/xo/ /xjəp̚/
Wang
Li
/xu/ /xĭĕp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xuo/ /xi̯əp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xi
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ xu › ‹ xip ›
Old
Chinese
/*qʰˁa/ /*qʰ(r)əp/
English call out, shout inhale

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 5181 5667
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qʰaː/ /*qʰrɯb/

Verb

呼吸

  1. to breathe; to exhale and inhale; (sometimes specifically) to breathe in; to inhale
    呼吸   shēn hūxī   to breathe deeply
    調整呼吸 / 调整呼吸   tiáozhěng hūxī   to adjust one's breathing
    呼吸器官   hūxī qìguān   respiratory organ
    呼吸困難 / 呼吸困难   hūxī kùnnán   (to have) breathing difficulty
    呼吸急促   hūxī jícù   to have laboured breathing
    呼吸新鮮空氣 / 呼吸新鲜空气   hūxī xīnxiān kōngqì   to breathe in fresh air
    已經沒有呼吸 / 已经没有呼吸   yǐjīng méiyǒu le hūxī   to be no longer breathing

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 呼吸 (“to breathe”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 呼吸
Mandarin Beijing 呼吸
Taiwan 呼吸
Cantonese Guangzhou 唞氣
Min Nan Xiamen 喘氣
Quanzhou 喘氣
Zhangzhou 喘氣
Taipei 喘氣
Penang 喘氣

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (呼吸):

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
きゅう
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

呼吸 (hiragana こきゅう, rōmaji kokyū, historical hiragana こきふ)

  1. a breath
  2. respiration
  3. knack; the trick (to something)

Derived terms

See also

Verb

呼吸する (suru conjugation, hiragana こきゅうする, rōmaji kokyū suru, historical hiragana こきふする)

  1. breathe, respire

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

呼吸 (hoheup) (hangeul 호흡)

  1. Hanja form? of 호흡 (breath).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term

Verb

呼吸

  1. Hán tự form of hô hấp (to breathe).
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