嚥氣

Chinese

		to swallow	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make sb. angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (嚥氣)		嚥	氣
simp. (咽气)		咽	气

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yànqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˋ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin³ hei³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iàn-khì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yànqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàncì
    • Wade–Giles: yen⁴-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: yàn-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yannchih
    • Palladius: яньци (janʹci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yànqìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˋ ㄑㄧˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàncìr
    • Wade–Giles: yen⁴-chʻi⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: yàn-chìr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yannchiell
    • Palladius: яньцир (janʹcir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰiə̯ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin³ hei³
    • Yale: yin hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin³ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin³ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³³ hei̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàn-khì
    • Tâi-lô: iàn-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iernqix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰi¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰi²¹/

Verb

嚥氣

1. (colloquial) to breathe one's last breath; to die
2. (Taoism) to swallow breath