火氣

Chinese

		fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make sb. angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (火氣)		火	氣
simp. (火气)		火	气

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǒqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² hei³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fó-hi

  (Meixian, Guangdong): fo³ hi⁴

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hér-khì / hé-khì / hóe-khì / hóⁿ-khì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒqì → huǒqi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄑㄧˋ → ㄏㄨㄛˇ ˙ㄑㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒci̊
    • Wade–Giles: huo³-chʻi⁵
    • Yale: hwǒ-chi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoo.chih
    • Palladius: хоци (xoci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/ → /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴ t͡ɕʰi⁴/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fo² hei³
    • Yale: fó hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo² hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo² héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ hei̯³³/
    • Homophones:

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fó-hi
    • Hakka Romanization System: fo` hi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fo³ hi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fo³¹ hi⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fo³ hi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fo³¹ hi⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hér-khì
    • Tâi-lô: hér-khì
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰi⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hé-khì
    • Tâi-lô: hé-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hefqix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰi¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-khì
    • Tâi-lô: hué-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoefqix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰi²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóⁿ-khì
    • Tâi-lô: hónn-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hvofqix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰi⁴¹/

Note: hóⁿ-khì - only refers to internal heat.

Adjective

火氣

1. (Hakka) angry, irritated

   差唔多做撇了又愛重新做過，還火氣噢！ [Meixian Hakka, trad.]
   差唔多做撇了又爱重新做过，还火气噢！ [Meixian Hakka, simp.]

   Ca¹ m² do¹ zo⁴ pêd⁵ ê² yu⁴ oi⁴ cung² xin¹ zo⁴ guo⁴, han² fo³ hi⁴ o³! [Hakka Transliteration Scheme]

   I'm so irritated that it's almost finished yet we gotta do it again.

Noun

火氣

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) internal heat
2. temper; rage

   聽完後我火氣就上來了。 [MSC, trad.]
   听完后我火气就上来了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tīng wán hòu wǒ huǒqì jiù shànglái le. [Pinyin]

   After hearing this, I couldn't control my temper anymore.

3. cold-resistant capacity

Synonyms

• (internal heat (traditional Chinese medicine)):

• 內火／内火 (nèihuǒ)
• 心火 (xīnhuǒ)
• 火 (huǒ)
• 烲／焎
• 熱氣／热气 (rèqì)
• 燒氣／烧气 (sio-khì) (Hokkien)
• 風火／风火 (Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 消火氣／消火气

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
火	氣
Grade: 1	Jinmeiyō

For pronunciation and definitions of 火氣 – see the following entry.

【火気かき】 [noun] fire, flame 【火気ほけ】 [noun] fire, flame [noun] smoke [noun] hot air [noun] steam, either from hot water or from one's breath

(This term, 火氣, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)