Chinese symbol for “gasping”
短促
duǎn cù
short in time; fleeting; brief; gasping (breath)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for gasping is 短促 (duǎn cù), defined as: short in time; fleeting; brief; gasping (breath); curt (tone of voice).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 短促.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 短期 | duǎn qī | short-term |
| 短片 | duǎn piàn | short film; video clip |
| 短暂 (短暫) | duǎn zàn | of short duration; brief; momentary |
| 缩短 (縮短) | suō duǎn | to shorten; to reduce; to curtail |
| 短缺 | duǎn quē | shortage |
| 短信 | duǎn xìn | text message; SMS |
| 促进 (促進) | cù jìn | to promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost |
| 促使 | cù shǐ | to prompt; to induce; to spur |
See also: Japanese symbol for “gasping”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.