呼吸

• 拼音: hū xī
• 汉字拆解: 呼 = 口 (mouth) + 乎 (phonetic) — to call out or exhale; 吸 = 口 (mouth) + 及 (reach) — to draw in breath

含义

To breathe; breathing; respiration. The act of taking in and letting out air through the lungs.

Used both literally for the physical act of breathing and figuratively, as in 呼吸新鲜空气 (breathe fresh air). Common in medical, exercise, and meditation contexts. Collocations include 深呼吸 (deep breath), 呼吸困难 (difficulty breathing), and 呼吸系统 (respiratory system).

例句

1. 医生让他做几次深呼吸。
2. 空气太差了，呼吸都觉得不舒服。
3. 跑完步以后他的呼吸变得很快。

用法指南

语境: health, exercise, everyday

语气: descriptive

正确说法

• 请慢慢深呼吸。(Please take a slow deep breath.)
• 到山上去呼吸新鲜空气吧。(Let's go to the mountains to breathe fresh air.)

错误说法

• 我呼吸了一杯水 (Don't use 呼吸 for drinking — use 喝; 呼吸 is only for air, not liquids)

起源与历史

呼 (hū, to exhale/call out) + 吸 (xī, to inhale) — combining 'exhale' and 'inhale' to represent the complete cycle of breathing.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal