憋
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to choke; to stifle; to restrain; to hold back; to hold in (urine); to hold (one's breath)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 心 +12
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 憋
- Common rank
- #3,615
- Unicode
- U+618B
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Formation & memory
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Words with 憋
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 活人让尿憋死 | lit. such a fool as to die from holding in one's pee (idiom); fig. unable to solve a probl… | |
| 憋不住 | to be unable to repress sth; to be unable to contain oneself | |
| 憋气 | to hold one's breath; to feel suffocated (for lack of air); choked with bottled-up resentm… | |
| 憋笑 | to stifle a guffaw | |
| 憋尿 | to hold in one's pee; to hold back from urinating | |
| 憋屈 | sullen | |
| 憋闷 | to feel oppressed; to be depressed; to feel dejected |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 敝 — compare how they read.