透氣

See also: 透气

Chinese

		to penetrate; thorough; penetrating to penetrate; thorough; penetrating; to pass through; to pierce	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make sb. angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (透氣)		透	氣
simp. (透气)		透	气

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tòuqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˋ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau³ hei³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): théu-hi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thàu-khì / thàu-khùi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tòuqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˋ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tòucì
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou⁴-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: tòu-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: towchih
    • Palladius: тоуци (touci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tòuqìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˋ ㄑㄧˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tòucìr
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou⁴-chʻi⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: tòu-chìr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: towchiell
    • Palladius: тоуцир (toucir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰiə̯ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau³ hei³
    • Yale: tau hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau³ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo³ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯³³ hei̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: théu-hi
    • Hakka Romanization System: teu` hi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: teu³ hi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰeu̯³¹ hi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàu-khì / thàu-khùi
    • Tâi-lô: thàu-khì / thàu-khuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tao'qix, tao'quix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰau²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi²¹/, /tʰau²¹⁻⁵³ kʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰi⁴¹/, /tʰau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰau²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi²¹/, /tʰau²¹⁻⁵³ kʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰau¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰi¹¹/, /tʰau¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰui¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰau²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰi²¹/, /tʰau²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰui²¹/

Verb

透氣

1. to let fresh air in; to air; to ventilate; (of air) to flow freely
2. to breathe; to breathe in fresh air
3. (figurative) to disclose information; to communicate freely

Synonyms

• (to ventilate): 通氣／通气 (tōngqì)
• (to breathe):

• 吸氣／吸气 (xīqì, “to inhale”)
• 呼吸 (hūxī)
• 呼氣／呼气 (hūqì, “to exhale”)
• 喘氣／喘气 (chuǎnqì, “to pant or, in Hokkien, to breathe”)
• 嗍氣／嗍气 (“to inhale”) (Taishanese)

 

Derived terms

• 透氣性／透气性