# 喘氣
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chuǎnqì
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢˇ ㄑㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun$^2$ hei$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhón-hi
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhoán-khùi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cuêng$^2$ kui$^3$ / cuang$^2$ kui$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chuǎnqì
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢˇ ㄑㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chuǎncì
*** Wade–Giles: chʻuan$^3$-chʻi$^4$
*** Yale: chwǎn-chì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choanchih
*** Palladius: чуаньци (čuanʹci)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chuǎnqìr
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢˇ ㄑㄧˋㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chuǎncìr
*** Wade–Giles: chʻuan$^3$-chʻi$^4$-ʼrh
*** Yale: chwǎn-chìr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choanchiell
*** Palladius: чуаньцир (čuanʹcir)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰiə̯ɻ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cyun$^2$ hei$^3$
*** Yale: chyún hei
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn$^2$ hei$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qun$^2$ héi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰyːn³⁵ hei̯³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhón-hi
*** Hakka Romanization System: con$^ˋ$ hi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: con$^3$ hi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰon³¹ hi⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoán-khùi
*** Tâi-lô: tshuán-khuì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhoafnquix
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰui²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰuan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰui⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰui²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰui¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰuan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰui²¹/
* “to take a breather; to breathe; to sigh”.

### Verb

喘氣
* to pant; to gasp; to breathe heavily
       Wǒ chū diǎn lìqi jiù juéde chuǎnqì fèijìn. [Pinyin]
       I feel breathless with the slightest effort.
* to take a breather; to catch one's breath
* (Hokkien) to breathe
* (Mainland China Hokkien) to sigh; to heave a sigh

#### Synonyms

* (to take a breather):
* 休息
* 休憩 (xiūqì) (literary)
* 停歇 (tíngxiē)
* 停睏／停困 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 安息 (ānxī)
* 憩息 (qìxī) (literary)
* 放尞 (Taiwanese Hakka)
* 敨 (tau$^2$) (Cantonese, Hakka)
* 歇 (xiē)
* 歇喘 (Hokkien, to take a breather)
* 歇息 (xiēxi)
* 歇氣／歇气 (xiēqì) (to take a breather)
* 歇𤺪 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 歇睏／歇困 (Hakka, Hokkien)
* (to breathe):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 呼吸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 呼吸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 呼吸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 敨氣 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 敨氣 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 敨氣 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 敨氣 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 敨氣 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 敨氣 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 敨氣 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 敨氣 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 敨氣 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 敨氣 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 敨氣 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 取氣 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 喘氣 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 喘氣 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 喘氣 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 喘氣 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 喘氣 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 喘氣 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 喘氣 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 喘氣, 呼吸 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 敨氣 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 喘氣 |
* 吸氣／吸气 (xīqì, “to inhale”)
* 呼吸 (hūxī)
* 呼氣／呼气 (hūqì, “to exhale”)
* 嗍氣／嗍气 (“to inhale”) (Taishanese)
* 透氣／透气 (tòuqì, “to breathe in fresh air”)
* (to sigh):
* 吐氣／吐气 (Hokkien)
* 呻氣／呻气 (san$^3$ hi$^3$) (Southern Pinghua)
* 咨嗟 (zījiē) (literary)
* 嘆／叹 (tàn) (literary, or in compounds)
* 嘆息／叹息 (tànxī)
* 嘆氣／叹气 (tànqì)
* 太息 (tàixī) (literary)
* 打咳聲／打咳声 (Harbin)

### References

* “Entry #8236”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.