血氣方剛

Chinese

		animal spirits; sap; vigor animal spirits; sap; vigor; courage and uprightness
trad. (血氣方剛)		血氣	方剛
simp. (血气方刚)		血气	方刚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuèqì fānggāng, xuěqì fānggāng, xiěqì fānggāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄑㄧˋ ㄈㄤ ㄍㄤ, ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄑㄧˋ ㄈㄤ ㄍㄤ, ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄑㄧˋ ㄈㄤ ㄍㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hyut³ hei³ fong¹ gong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuèqì fānggāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄑㄧˋ ㄈㄤ ㄍㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuècì fanggang
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh⁴-chʻi⁴ fang¹-kang¹
    • Yale: sywè-chì fāng-gāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuehchih fanggang
    • Palladius: сюэци фанган (sjueci fangan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuěqì fānggāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄑㄧˋ ㄈㄤ ㄍㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuěcì fanggang
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh³-chʻi⁴ fang¹-kang¹
    • Yale: sywě-chì fāng-gāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuechih fanggang
    • Palladius: сюэци фанган (sjueci fangan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiěqì fānggāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄑㄧˋ ㄈㄤ ㄍㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siěcì fanggang
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh³-chʻi⁴ fang¹-kang¹
    • Yale: syě-chì fāng-gāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieechih fanggang
    • Palladius: сеци фанган (seci fangan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hyut³ hei³ fong¹ gong¹
    • Yale: hyut hei fōng gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyt⁸ hei³ fong¹ gong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hüd³ héi³ fong¹ gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːt̚³ hei̯³³ fɔːŋ⁵⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 血氣方剛

1. (usually of youth) hot-blooded; full of vigour; buoyant and impetuous

   及其壯也，血氣方剛，戒之在鬥。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   及其壮也，血气方刚，戒之在斗。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

   Jí qí zhuàng yě, xuèqìfānggāng, jiè zhī zài dòu. [Pinyin]

   When he is strong and the physical powers are full of vigor, he [the junzi] guards against quarrelsomeness.