窒息
zhì xī
Pinyin

Definition

窒息
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zhì xī
  1. to choke
  2. to stifle
  3. to suffocate

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

xiū xi
  1. 1 rest
  2. 2 to rest
xìn xī
  1. 1 information
  2. 2 news
  3. 3 message
xiāo xi
  1. 1 news
  2. 2 information
  3. 3 CL:條|条[tiáo]
zuò xī
  1. 1 to work and rest
chū xī
  1. 1 to yield interest, profit etc
  2. 2 to exhale (Buddhism)
tàn xī
  1. 1 to sigh
  2. 2 to gasp (in admiration)
  1. 1 breath
  2. 2 news
  3. 3 interest (on an investment or loan)
  4. 4 to cease
  5. 5 to stop
  6. 6 to rest
  7. 7 Taiwan pr. [xí]
qì xī
  1. 1 breath
  2. 2 smell
  3. 3 odor
  4. 4 flavor
zhì xī
  1. 1 to choke
  2. 2 to stifle
  3. 3 to suffocate
bù xī
  1. 1 continually
  2. 2 without a break
  3. 3 ceaselessly
xiū xī shì
  1. 1 lobby
  2. 2 lounge
xiū yǎng shēng xī
  1. 1 to recover
  2. 2 to recuperate
dī xī
  1. 1 low-interest
xìn xī huà
  1. 1 informatization (the Information Age analog of industrialization)
xìn xī xué
  1. 1 information science
xìn xī sù
  1. 1 pheromone
xìn xī lùn
  1. 1 information theory
yǎn qí xī gǔ
  1. 1 lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease
  2. 2 to give in
tíng xī
  1. 1 to stop
  2. 2 to cease
quán xī
  1. 1 holographic

Idioms (11)

仰人鼻息
yǎng rén bí xī
  1. 1 to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living
偃旗息鼓
yǎn qí xī gǔ
  1. 1 lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease
  2. 2 to give in
姑息养奸
gū xī yǎng jiān
  1. 1 to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom); spare the rod and spoil the child
川流不息
chuān liú bù xī
  1. 1 the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
息事宁人
xī shì níng rén
  1. 1 to keep the peace; to patch up a quarrel (idiom)
息息相关
xī xī xiāng guān
  1. 1 closely bound up (idiom); intimately related
气息奄奄
qì xī yǎn yǎn
  1. 1 to have only a breath of life (idiom)
无声无息
wú shēng wú xī
  1. 1 wordless and uncommunicative (idiom); without speaking
  2. 2 taciturn
  3. 3 not providing any news
生命不息,战斗不止
shēng mìng bù xī , zhàn dòu bù zhǐ
  1. 1 while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last
瞬息万变
shùn xī wàn biàn
  1. 1 in an instant a myriad changes (idiom); rapid substantial change
起居作息
qǐ jū zuò xī
  1. 1 lit. rising and lying down, working and resting (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everyday life
  3. 3 daily routine
  4. 4 to go about one's daily life

Sample Sentences

对我们东方人来说,真正恐怖的应该是日韩的一些电影,这些电影没有很血腥的画面,但会在一些现实的环境中营造令人窒息的气氛,让我感觉一转身就能遇见鬼,代表电影有《鬼娃娃花子》、《午夜凶铃》等。
duì wǒmen dōngfāngrén láishuō ,zhēnzhèng kǒngbù de yīnggāi shì rì hán de yīxiē diànyǐng ,zhèxiē diànyǐng méiyǒu hěn xuèxīng de huàmiàn ,dàn huì zài yīxiē xiànshí de huánjìng zhōng yíngzào lìng rén zhìxī de qìfen ,ràng wǒ gǎnjué yī zhuǎnshēn jiù néng yùjiàn guǐ ,dàibiǎo diànyǐng yǒu 《guǐwáwa huāzǐ 》、《Wǔyèxiōnglíng 》děng 。
For us Easterners, real horror is the Japanese and Korean films, films that don't have scenes of gore, but rather involve certain real-life situations will create an atmosphere of suffocation, giving me the feeling that I'll see a ghost as soon as I turn around. Representative films include 'Hanako-san' and 'The Ring'.
嗯,我的好朋友就是这样。还有好多人有幽闭恐惧症,在狭小的空间里,就会感觉透不过气,甚至要窒息。
én ,wǒ de hǎopéngyou jiùshì zhèyàng 。hái yǒu hǎo duō rén yǒu yōubì kǒngjùzhèng ,zài xiáxiǎo de kōngjiān lǐ ,jiù huì gǎnjué tòubuguò qì ,shènzhì yào zhìxī 。
Yeah, my good friend is like that. There are also lots of people who have claustrophobia. When they are in confined spaces, they feel like they can’t breathe, even to the point that they feel like they are going to suffocate.
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