chuǎn

to gasp

to pant; asthma

mouth (口) + sound cue (耑) = to gasp and pant

The mouth radical anchors the meaning: breathing hard through an open mouth. 耑 contributes the sound chuǎn and carries no semantic weight here.

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MouthSemantic
A phonetic component approximating the sound chuǎnPhonetic

他跑完步后得很厉害。

tā pǎo wán bù hòu chuǎn de hěn lì hai。

He was gasping heavily after finishing his run.

老人爬楼梯时总是个不停。

lǎo rén pá lóu tī shí zǒng shì chuǎn gè bù tíng。

The old person always pants nonstop when climbing stairs.

Words with 喘

防喘振

fáng chuǎn zhèn

(turbomachinery design) anti-surge

哮喘

xiào chuǎn

asthma

哮喘病

xiào chuǎn bìng

asthma

喘振

chuǎn zhèn

(of turbomachinery) to surge; to pulsate

喘不过

chuǎn bu guò

to be unable to breathe easily

喘不过气来

chuǎn bu guò qì lái

to be unable to breathe

喘吁吁

chuǎn xū xū

to puff and blow

喘嘘嘘

chuǎn xū xū

variant of 喘吁吁[chuan3 xu1 xu1]

喘息

chuǎn xī

to gasp for breath

喘气

chuǎn qì

to breathe deeply; to pant; to gasp

喘粗气

chuǎn cū qì

to pant heavily

娇喘

jiāo chuǎn

faint breathing

More characters with 口