Vietnamese Word Entry
元氣Quốc ngữ: | nguyên khí |
Definition: | (traditional Chinese medicine) vital energy, life force |
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Chinese characters used in this word
元 | beginning, former time, origin, first, dollar, head |
Readings
Mandarin: | ㄩㄢˊ (yuán) |
Cantonese: | jyun4 |
Japanese: | ゲン (gen)、 ガン (gan) / もと (moto)、 こうべ (koube) |
Korean: | 원 (weon) |
Vietnamese: | nguyên |
氣 | spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood, gas, steam, vapor |
Readings
Mandarin: | ㄑㄧˋ (qì), ㄒㄧˋ (xì) |
Cantonese: | hei3 |
Japanese: | キ (ki)、 ケ (ke) / いき (iki) |
Korean: | 기 (gi) |
Vietnamese: | khí |
Variants
Simplified Chinese form: | 气 |
Simplified Japanese form: | 気 |
Semantic variant form: | 炁 |