snorting; heavy nasal breathing
Typically used for the loud, forceful snorting of animals such as horses or cattle, but can also describe heavy breathing through the nose in humans.
The horse is snorting and getting excited.
My nose was stuffed from a cold, and my breathing became like heavy snorting in the middle of the night.
Compound of 鼻 (nose) and 嵐 (storm), literally 'nose storm', describing the forceful sound of snorting or heavy nasal breathing.