正氣

See also: 正气 and 正気

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (正氣)		正	氣
simp. (正气)		正	气

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèngqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ hei³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chèng-khì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngcì
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: jèng-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqchih
    • Palladius: чжэнци (čžɛnci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing³ hei³
    • Yale: jing hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing³ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ hei̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-khì
    • Tâi-lô: tsìng-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeangqix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰi¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰi²¹/

Noun

正氣

1. healthy atmosphere; healthy tendency
2. righteousness; moral courage; mettle (Classifier: 股 m)

   • 天地有正氣，雜然賦流形。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     天地有正气，杂然赋流形。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wen Tianxiang, Song of Righteousness (正氣歌)

     Tiāndì yǒu zhèngqì, zá rán fù liúxíng. [Pinyin]

     In the world there is the spirit of righteousness, taking many forms, bestowed on the everchanging things.

3. (traditional Chinese medicine) vital energy

Derived terms

• 明公正氣／明公正气
• 浩然正氣／浩然正气

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (正氣):

• → Japanese: 正気(しょうき) (shōki); 正気(せいき) (seiki)
• → Korean: 정기(正氣) (jeonggi)
• → Vietnamese: chính khí (正氣)