Hanzi
Traditional
憋
Simplified
憋

to choke/to stifle/to restrain/to hold back/to hold in (urine)/to hold (one's breath)

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 7

Pinyin

biē

Bopomofo

ㄅㄧㄝ

Jyutping

bit3

Example sentences

憋 biē
他把心裡的話憋了很久才說出來。
他把心里的话憋了很久才说出来。

He held back the words in his heart for a long time before saying them out.

Example Vocabulary

憋

biē

to suppress; to hold back; to feel suffocated

憋悶

bie1'men

憋氣

bie1'qi4

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