HSK 6 HSK C7-9/V7-9
Correct
憋
/ biē /
Strokes
Definition
to choke/to stifle/to restrain/to hold back/to hold in (urine)/to hold (one's breath)
Example
As a Verb
hold back; suppress
1
Kěyǐ
可以
yòng
用
nǐmen
你们
de
的
cèsuǒ
厕所
ma
吗
?
Wǒ
我
shízài
实在
biē
憋
bù
不
zhù
住
le
了
。
May I use your lavatory—I'm bursting.
2
Lǎo
老
biē
憋
zài
在
jiālǐ
家里
be confined in the house all the time; be cooped up in the house all the time
3
Biē
憋
jù
足
le
了
jìn
劲
be bursting with energy
4
Biē
憋
zhù
住
qì
气
hold back one's breath
5
Biē
憋
zhù
住
bù
不
xiào
笑
hold from laughing; smother/stifle a shriek of laughter
6
Biē
憋
zhù
住
bù
不
shuōhuà
说话
hold back one's tongue
7
Biē
憋
zhāo
着
yī
一
dùzi
肚子
qì
气
have pent-up grievances; be on the point of bursting with anger; bottle up one's anger
As a Verb
suffocate; stifle; feel oppressed
8
Tā
他
xīnli
心里
biē
憋
de
得
huāng
慌
。
He felt very much oppressed/stifled.
9
Wǒ
我
biē
憋
de
得
yào
要
sǐ
死
,
dǎkāi
打开
chuānghu
窗户
bā
吧
。
I'm stifling (to death) in here; let's open the widow.