# 窒息 (zhìxī)

In Mandarin Chinese, 窒息 (zhìxī) means “to suffocate; to choke; to stifle”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to suffocate; to choke; to stifle
- Pinyin: zhìxī (zhi4 xi1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 房间里的浓烟让人窒息。
  Fángjiān lǐ de nóngyān ràng rén zhìxī.
  The thick smoke in the room made people suffocate.

## Characters

- 窒 (zhì): to obstruct; to stop up
- 息 (xī): breath; to cease; to stop

https://hanziro.com/word/zhi-xi-suffocate/

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