换气

換氣

huànqì

verb #22,061

Meanings

1 to ventilate
2 to breathe (take a breath while swimming or singing)
3 to air out
4 to change the air

Characters

to exchange / to change / to swap

air / gas / breath / energy

Examples

游泳时要掌握好换气的节奏。

Yóuyǒng shí yào zhǎngwò hǎo huànqì de jiézòu.

When swimming, you need to master the rhythm of breathing.

请打开窗户换气，房间里空气太闷了。

Qǐng dǎkāi chuānghu huànqì, fángjiān lǐ kōngqì tài mèn le.

Please open the windows to ventilate — the air in the room is too stuffy.

Stroke Order

换 huàn

气 qì