元氣

See also: 元気 and 元气

Chinese

		primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make sb. angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (元氣)		元	氣
simp. (元气)		元	气

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuánqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ hei³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-hi / ngiàn-hi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): goân-khì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuánqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuáncì
    • Wade–Giles: yüan²-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: ywán-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanchih
    • Palladius: юаньци (juanʹci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ hei³
    • Yale: yùhn hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ hei̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-hi
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngienˇ hi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² hi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en¹¹ hi⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-hi
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngianˇ hi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² hi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an¹¹ hi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-khì
    • Tâi-lô: guân-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goanqix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ kʰi²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjwon khj+jH

Rime
Character	元	氣
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	愚袁切	去旣切
Baxter	ngjwon	khj+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋʉɐn/	/kʰɨiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋʷiɐn/	/kʰɨiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiuɐn/	/kʰiəiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuan/	/kʰɨjH/
Li Rong	/ŋiuɐn/	/kʰiəiH/
Wang Li	/ŋĭwɐn/	/kʰĭəiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯wɐn/	/kʰe̯iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuán	qì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun4	hei3

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 元氣

1. (Chinese philosophy) energy of primal chaos
2. (in common usage) strength; vigour; vitality
3. (traditional Chinese medicine) vital energy

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (元氣):

• → Japanese: 元(げん)気(き) (genki)
• → Korean: 원기(元氣) (won'gi)
• → Vietnamese: nguyên khí (元氣)