<p>Google Translate: <a href="https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&amp;tl=zh-TW&amp;text=nostril-flare&amp;op=translate" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Nostril flaring --&gt; 鼻孔擴張</a></p>
<p>And <a href="https://www.mountsinai.org/health-library/symptoms/nasal-flaring" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this site</a> agrees:</p>
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<p>Nasal flaring (鼻孔擴張) occurs when the nostrils widen while breathing. It is often a sign of trouble breathing.</p>
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<p>&quot;Nostrils flaring&quot; (鼻孔擴張) is a symptom that happens involuntarily; someone who makes his nostrils widen voluntarily should be called &quot;to flare nostrils&quot; (擴張鼻孔)</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/UimRd.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/UimRd.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>Nostrils can also be translated as 鼻翼</p>

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Tang Ho
<p>emmm, this is really an interesting question. The straightforward translation is &quot;鼻孔扩张&quot;. However, I have never heard anyone said that, I guess you would like a more common-used phrase. What I realized is that I never expressed it in mandarin and I can't think of any word conforming to nostril-flare in mandarin.</p>
<p>What an intriguing thing is there is a phrase in my dialect meaning &quot;nostril-flare&quot;. The pronunciation is like &quot;xiu bie de&quot;. My dialect belongs to Wu Dialect. But I don't know whether each type of Wu Dialect has such an expression.</p>
<p>By the way, I can nostril-flare as well.</p>

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<p>Straightforward question. I want to say that I can do a nostril flaring or I can nostril-flare. Googling this pointed to the flare that caused by a disease or kind of that but here I can do it normally so it's a genetic inheritance. Is there a verb word for it in Chinese?</p>

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2023-03-25T16:23:31.613Z
Might need to explain it - not even sure what you're referring to.
Mou某
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I think the response below nailed it. Where is the poster? Please accept it or explain your question further.
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What is Chinese word for nostil flaring?
# What is Chinese word for nostil flaring?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-03-25)

Straightforward question. I want to say that I can do a nostril flaring or I can nostril-flare. Googling this pointed to the flare that caused by a disease or kind of that but here I can do it normally so it's a genetic inheritance. Is there a verb word for it in Chinese?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Might need to explain it - not even sure what you're referring to.  
> **username_2**: I think the response below nailed it. Where is the poster? Please accept it or explain your question further.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2023-03-25. Score: 2

Google Translate: [Nostril flaring --> 鼻孔擴張](https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=zh-TW&text=nostril-flare&op=translate)

And [this site](https://www.mountsinai.org/health-library/symptoms/nasal-flaring) agrees:

> Nasal flaring (鼻孔擴張) occurs when the nostrils widen while breathing. It is often a sign of trouble breathing.

"Nostrils flaring" (鼻孔擴張) is a symptom that happens involuntarily; someone who makes his nostrils widen voluntarily should be called "to flare nostrils" (擴張鼻孔)

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/UimRd.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/UimRd.png)

Nostrils can also be translated as 鼻翼


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### Answer by username_4 on 2023-03-27. Score: 0

emmm, this is really an interesting question. The straightforward translation is "鼻孔扩张". However, I have never heard anyone said that, I guess you would like a more common-used phrase. What I realized is that I never expressed it in mandarin and I can't think of any word conforming to nostril-flare in mandarin.

What an intriguing thing is there is a phrase in my dialect meaning "nostril-flare". The pronunciation is like "xiu bie de". My dialect belongs to Wu Dialect. But I don't know whether each type of Wu Dialect has such an expression.

By the way, I can nostril-flare as well.


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