屏气

屏氣
bǐngqì
to hold one's breath

CEDICT

to hold one's breath

Wiktionary

抑止呼吸，不能出声。形容敬谨畏惧的样子。《论语．乡党》：「摄齐升堂，鞠躬如也，屏气似不息者。」《后汉书．卷七七．酷吏传．阳球传》：「球既诛甫，复欲以次表曹节等，乃敕中都官从事曰：『且先去大猾，当次桉豪石。』权门闻之，莫不屏气。」也作「屏息」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 屏 bǐng
  1. to get rid of
  2. to put aside
  3. to reject
  4. to keep control
  5. to hold (one's breath)
2 气 qì
  1. gas; air
  2. smell
  3. weather
  4. to make angry; to annoy; to get angry
  5. vital energy; qi

Related entries

憋气 biēqì
  1. to hold one's breath
  2. to feel suffocated (for lack of air)
  3. choked with bottled-up resentment
翘首以待 qiáoshǒuyǐdài
  1. to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom)
  2. to anxiously await