Chinese Word Entry

Simplified Chinese form:

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ
Mandarin (Pinyin):
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei3
Definitions:
  1. gas; air

  2. smell

  3. weather

  4. to make angry; to annoy; to get angry

  5. vital energy; qi


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Chinese characters used in this word

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
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