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憋

biē
HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9HSK 2.0 · Level 6

In Mandarin Chinese, 憋 (biē) means “to hold back (urine, breath)”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

Meaning

  1. to hold back (urine, breath)

Stroke order

Examples

  • 他憋住气潜入了水中。
    Tā biēzhù qì qiánrùle shuǐ zhōng.
    He held his breath and dove into the water.

Characters

憋
biē
to choke; to stifle