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過氣

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Chinese

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to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker)
to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-
 
gas; air; smell
gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
 
trad. (過氣)
simp. (过气)
alternative forms 過喟过喟 “to die”

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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過氣

  1. past its prime; no longer popular
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Verb

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過氣

  1. (Hokkien, Puxian Min) to breathe one's last; to die

Synonyms

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References

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  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “过气”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 223.