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空氣

简空气 · 繁空氣

Mandarin · pinyin kōng qì

air
atmosphere

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空: kōng · empty, hollow, bare, deserted
氣: qì · air, gas, steam, vapor; spirit
气: qì · steam, vapor; Kangxi radical 84

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1–4 · kong1 qi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hung1 hei3

Cantonese word readings for 空氣. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

(meteorology) air
(Taoism) empty qi; pneuma
(figurative) atmosphere; ambience; environment
(figurative) public opinion; information; rumour

noun

(Hokkien) thing; matter; affair (bad)

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