起霧

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	fog; mist
trad. (起霧)		起	霧
simp. (起雾)		起	雾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): qǐwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄨˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): qi³ wu⁴

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khí-bū
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵chi ⁶wu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐwù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-wu⁴
    • Yale: chǐ-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiiwuh
    • Palladius: циу (ciu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ u⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: qi³ wu⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kiw
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵³ vu²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-bū
    • Tâi-lô: khí-bū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qy'bu
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bu³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bu³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵chi ⁶wu
    • MiniDict: chi^去 wu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²qi ³hhu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴  ɦu²³/

Verb

起⫽霧 (verb-object)

1. (impersonal) to have fog or mist appear

   • 我的心親像一片湖　平靜的水面漸漸來起霧 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     我的心亲像一片湖　平静的水面渐渐来起雾 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1996, 蔡秋鳳 (Kerris Tsai) (lyricist 管水) 《你講我的世界是你流浪的所在》

     góa ê sim chhin-chhiūⁿ chi̍t phiàn ô͘, pêng-chēng ê chúi-bīn chiām-chiām lâi khí-bū [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     My heart is like a lake; fog slowly appeared on its tranquil surface.

   • 可能今天整個台中市區都起霧了。 [MSC, trad.]
     可能今天整个台中市区都起雾了。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2013, 楊寒, 《來自巴黎的音樂家》, page 87

     Kěnéng jīntiān zhěngge Táizhōng shìqū dōu qǐwù le. [Pinyin]

     Today, there was probably fog over all of downtown Taichung.

2. (intransitive) to fog up

   • 因為山區温濕度變化大，所以可將暖暖包或懷爐綁附在鏡頭旁邊，讓鏡頭的温度高於環境温度，再用防水相機包布包覆在相機鏡頭上，這樣鏡頭就不會起霧了。 [MSC, trad.]
     因为山区温湿度变化大，所以可将暖暖包或怀炉绑附在镜头旁边，让镜头的温度高于环境温度，再用防水相机包布包覆在相机镜头上，这样镜头就不会起雾了。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2014, 《玩攝影教學誌 #61 歡迎來到忘憂森林》, page 27

     Yīnwèi shānqū wēnshīdù biànhuà dà, suǒyǐ kě jiāng nuǎnnuǎnbāo huò huáilú bǎng fù zài jìngtóu pángbiān, ràng jìngtóu de wēndù gāo yú huánjìng wēndù, zài yòng fángshuǐ xiàngjī bāobù bāofù zài xiàngjī jìngtóu shàng, zhèyàng jìngtóu jiù bùhuì qǐwù le. [Pinyin]

     Because the temperature and humidity fluctuates a lot in mountainous areas, we can tie a hand warmer beside the lens, so that the temperature of the lens would be higher than the temperature of the environment, and then we can cover the camera lens with a waterproof camera wrapping cloth. Then, the lens would not fog up.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 下霧 (“to have fog or mist appear”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		下霧
Mandarin	Beijing	下霧
	Taiwan	起霧
	Tianjin	下霧
	Langfang	下水霧
	Tangshan	下霧
	Cangzhou	下霧
	Baoding	下霧
	Shijiazhuang	下霧, 起霧
	Daming	下霧
	Chifeng	下霧
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	下霧
	Harbin	下霧, 起霧
	Shenyang	下霧
	Yantai (Muping)	放霧露
	Qingdao	下霧, 下霧露, 放霧, 放霧露
	Jinan	下霧
	Wanrong	下霧
	Zhengzhou	下霧
	Xi'an	起霧, 下霧
	Yinchuan	下霧, 起霧
	Lanzhou	下霧, 有霧
	Xining	拉霧
	Ürümqi	拉霧
	Wuhan	下霧, 起霧, 下罩子, 起罩子
	Chengdu	起霧, 下霧罩, 下霧
	Chongqing	下霧罩, 起霧
	Guiyang	起霧罩, 下霧
	Kunming	下霧, 下罩子
	Guilin	下霧
	Liuzhou	起霧, 下霧, 有霧
	Xuzhou	起霧, 下霧, 上霧
	Yangzhou	起霧, 下霧
	Nanjing	下霧
	Hefei	下霧
	Nantong	下霧
Cantonese	Guangzhou	落霧
	Dongguan	落霧
	Yangjiang	谷霧
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	落霧
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	起霧
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	起霧
	Móng Cái	起霧
Gan	Nanchang	起霧
	Pingxiang	下霧露
Hakka	Meixian	落霧, 起濛沙, 落濛沙
	Yudu	起霧露
	Senai (Huiyang)	落濛霧
Huizhou	Jixi	起霧
	Shexian	下霧
Jin	Taiyuan	起霧
	Xinzhou	起霧
	Linhe	起霧
	Jining	起霧
	Hohhot	起霧
	Zhangjiakou	起霧
	Handan	下霧, 有霧
Northern Min	Jian'ou	起露, 落露
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	落雺
Southern Min	Xiamen	罩霧, 雺霧, 罩雺
	Quanzhou	罩霧
	Zhangzhou	罩霧, 雺霧, 霧雺
	Taipei	罩雺霧
	Changhua (Lukang)	罩雺霧
	Tainan	罩霧, 罩雺, 罩雺霧
	Singapore (Hokkien)	罩霧
	Manila (Hokkien)	罩霧
	Chaozhou	落霧
	Haikou	落霧
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	起霧
Wu	Shanghai	起霧, 起霧露
	Suzhou	起迷露
	Danyang	下霧
	Hangzhou	起霧, 下霧
	Ningbo	下霧露, 發霧露
	Wenzhou	發幔
	Jinhua	落霧
Xiang	Changsha	起霧, 下罩子, 起罩子
	Loudi	起霧
	Shuangfeng	起霧罩, 起霧