脾氣

See also: 脾气

Chinese

		spleen	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make sb. angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (脾氣)		脾	氣
simp. (脾气)		脾	气

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): píqi

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ ˙ㄑㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pei⁴ hei³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phì-hi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pî-khì / phî-khì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: píqi
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ˙ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: píci̊
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi²-chʻi⁵
    • Yale: pí-chi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyi.chi
    • Palladius: пици (pici)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pei⁴ hei³
    • Yale: pèih hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹ hei̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phì-hi
    • Hakka Romanization System: piˇ hi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pi² hi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰi¹¹ hi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pî-khì
    • Tâi-lô: pî-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pi'qix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi²⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi²³⁻³³ kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phî-khì
    • Tâi-lô: phî-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phi'qix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰi¹³⁻²² kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰi²⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰi²³⁻³³ kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰi²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi¹¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 脾氣

1. temperament; attitude; disposition
2. temper; bad temper

   脾氣暴躁／脾气暴躁  ―  píqì bàozào  ―  to have a bad temper

Synonyms

• (temperament):

(deprecated template usage)

• 天性 (tiānxìng)
• 常性 (chángxìng)
• 性地 (xìngdì) (literary or Min Nan)
• 性子 (xìngzi)
• 性情 (xìngqíng)
• 情性 (qíngxìng) (literary)
• 本性 (běnxìng)
• 本質／本质 (běnzhì)
• 氣性／气性
• 率性 (shuàixìng) (literary)
• 理 (lǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
• 癖 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 癖鼻 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 秉性 (bǐngxìng)
• 稟性／禀性 (bǐngxìng)
• 稟氣／禀气 (bǐngqì) (literary)
• 素性 (sùxìng)
• 腸子／肠子 (chángzi) (figurative)
• 量草 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

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