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Chinese symbol for “wheezing”

哮鸣
xiào míng
Traditional: 哮鳴
wheezing

The closest CC-CEDICT match for wheezing is 哮鸣 (xiào míng), defined as: wheezing.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

哮 xiào
to cough; to pant; to roar
radical 30 ⼝ · 10 strokes
鸣 míng
a bird call or animal cry; to make a sound
radical 196 ⿃ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “wheezing”

WordPinyinMeaning
呼噜噜 (呼嚕嚕)hū lū lū(onom.) to snore; wheezing

Related words

Other words that share a character with 哮鸣.

WordPinyinMeaning
咆哮páo xiào(of beasts of prey, torrents of water, a person in a rage etc) to roar
哮喘xiào chuǎnasthma
哮喘病xiào chuǎn bìngasthma
咆哮如雷páo xiào rú léito be in a thundering rage (idiom)
氨哮素ān xiào sùclenbuterol
共鸣 (共鳴)gòng míng(physics) to resonate; resonance; sympathetic response
百家争鸣 (百家爭鳴)bǎi jiā zhēng mínga hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC
奏鸣曲 (奏鳴曲)zòu míng qǔsonata

See also: Japanese symbol for “wheezing”.

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.