sneeze; colloquial variant
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
sneeze; the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose and mouth
informalA colloquial or dialectal variant of 喷嚏 (pēntì), with the syllables reversed. Commonly used in northern Chinese dialects and informal speech.
Tā他
dǎ打
le了
yī一
gè个
xiǎng响
liàng亮
de的
tì嚏
pen喷
。
He let out a loud sneeze.
Wén闻
dào到
hú胡
jiāo椒
wèi味
er儿
，
tā她
lián连
zhe着
dǎ打
le了
sān三
gè个
tì嚏
pen喷
。
Smelling the pepper, she sneezed three times in a row.
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Gǎn感
mào冒
ràng让
tā他
bù不
tíng停
de地
dǎ打
tì嚏
pen喷
。
The cold made him sneeze constantly.