氣管炎

气管炎
qìguǎnyán
  1. bacterial tracheitis (inflammation of the windpipe, often caused by Staphylococcus aureus)
  2. henpecked (a pun on 妻子管得嚴 qīziguǎndeyán used in comic theater)

CEDICT

  1. (pathology) tracheitis
  2. (slang, neologism) Near-homophone of 妻管嚴／妻管严 (qīguǎnyán).
  3. Near-homophone of 妻管嚴／妻管严 (qīguǎnyán).
  4. tracheitis

Wiktionary

  1. 病名。氣管、支氣管樹黏膜發炎的疾病。早期症狀有胸骨下悶緊、發抖、鼻炎、喉嚨痛、肌肉痛、背痛及輕微發燒。晚期症狀為咳嗽，易受刺激、黏痰，最後變成濃痰。常發生在冬季，預防方法為迅速治療上呼吸道感染。
  2. 「妻管嚴」的諧音。謔稱丈夫怕妻子。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 氣管 qìguǎn
  1. windpipe
  2. trachea
  3. respiratory tract
  4. air duct
  5. gas pipe
2 炎 yán
  1. flame
  2. inflammation
  3. -itis

Related entries

怕老婆 pàlǎopó
  1. henpecked
  2. to be under one's wife's thumb
一個除了呼吸之外做任何事之前都要經過老婆同意的男人是一個怕老婆的男人。

A man who asks his wife's permission before taking any action except breathing is a henpecked husband.

Source: Tatoeba

懼內 jùnèi henpecked
耙耳朵 pāěrduo
  1. (dialect) henpecked
  2. to be under one's wife's thumb