敨氣

See also: 唞气

Chinese

			gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make sb. angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (敨氣)		敨	氣
simp. (唞气)		唞	气

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Any relation with 透氣?”)

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau² hei³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau² hei³
    • Yale: táu hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau² hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo² héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯³⁵ hei̯³³/

Verb

敨氣 (Cantonese)

1. to breathe
2. to breathe out; to exhale
3. to gasp; to pant
4. to take a breather

See also

Dialectal synonyms of 呼吸 (“to breathe”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		呼吸
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	呼吸
	Singapore	呼吸
Cantonese	Guangzhou	敨氣
	Hong Kong	敨氣
	Taishan	敨氣
	Singapore (Guangfu)	敨氣
Hakka	Meixian	敨氣
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	敨氣
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	敨氣
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	敨氣
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	敨氣
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	敨氣
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	敨氣
Northern Min	Jian'ou	取氣
Southern Min	Xiamen	喘氣
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	喘氣
	Quanzhou	喘氣
	Zhangzhou	喘氣
	Tainan	喘氣
	Penang (Hokkien)	喘氣
	Singapore (Hokkien)	喘氣
	Manila (Hokkien)	喘氣, 呼吸
	Jieyang	敨氣
	Singapore (Teochew)	喘氣