HSK 7–9 · verb · adjective

憋

biē

to hold back (breath, feelings, words); to stifle; (adj) blocked up; suffocated

他憋了很久,最后还是哭了。

Tā biēle hěn jiǔ, zuìhòu háishi kūle。

He held it in for a long time, but in the end he still cried.