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倒抽一口气

dào chōu yī kǒu qìdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to gasp (in surprise, dismay, fright etc)
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-c5c9a3b17bc1146b. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

倒抽一口氣 倒抽一口气 [dao4 chou1 yi1 kou3 qi4] /to gasp (in surprise, dismay, fright etc)/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 倒抽一口氣

  • 倒
    dǎo

    to fall / to collapse / to lie horizontally / to fail / to go bankrupt / to overthrow / to change (trains or buses) / to move around / to resell at a profit

    dào

    to invert / to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out / to dump / inverted / upside down / reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect / but / yet

  • 抽
    chōu

    to draw out / to pull out from in between / to remove part of the whole / to inhale (esp. smoke) / (of fabric etc) to shrink / (of certain plants) to sprout / to bud / to whip / to thrash / classifier for sheets (of tissues, wet wipes etc)

  • 一
    yī

    one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

  • 口
    kǒu

    mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

  • 气
    qì

    gas / air / smell / weather / to make angry / to annoy / to get angry / vital energy / qi

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.