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氣
简 气 · 繁 氣Mandarin · pinyin qì
Meanings
- gas; air
- smell
- weather
- to make angry; to annoy; to get angry
- vital energy; qi
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4 · qi4
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 14 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
hei3
Cantonese word readings for 氣. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- gas (matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma)
- (meteorology) air
- breath (Classifier: 口 m; 股 m; 啖 c)
- (Chinese philosophy, traditional Chinese medicine) qi; vital energy; life force
- weather
- smell; odour
- anger (Classifier: 條／条 c; 啖 c; 度 c)
- to be angry
- to make angry; to annoy; to anger; to enrage
- quality; character; spirit; mettle
- vitality; vigor; morale; spirit
- bad habit; bad practice
- a surname, Qi
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- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) original form of 餼／饩 (xì, “to give food as a gift”)
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