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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 憋气

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
憋气 biē qì - to hold one's breath
- to feel suffocated (for lack of air)
- choked with bottled-up resentment

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 26,985 40,636 32,627

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
憋 biē- to choke
- to stifle
- to restrain
- to hold back
- to hold in (urine)
- to hold (one's breath)
气 qì- gas; air
- smell
- weather
- to make angry; to annoy; to get angry
- vital energy; qi

Other Words Containing 憋气

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
憋气 - - 26,985 40,636 32,627