骨氣

Chinese

		bone	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make sb. angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (骨氣)		骨	氣
simp. (骨气)		骨	气

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔqì, gúqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄑㄧˋ, ㄍㄨˊ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwat¹ hei³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kut-khì

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gug⁴ ki³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔqì → gǔqi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄑㄧˋ → ㄍㄨˇ ˙ㄑㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔci̊
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-chʻi⁵
    • Yale: gǔ-chi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu.chih
    • Palladius: гуци (guci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/ → /ku²¹⁴ t͡ɕʰi⁴/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gúqì → gúqi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˊ ㄑㄧˋ → ㄍㄨˊ ˙ㄑㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gúci̊
    • Wade–Giles: ku²-chʻi⁵
    • Yale: gú-chi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwu.chih
    • Palladius: гуци (guci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/ → /ku³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwat¹ hei³
    • Yale: gwāt hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwat⁷ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gued¹ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐt̚⁵ hei̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kut-khì
    • Tâi-lô: kut-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kutqix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kut̚³²⁻⁴ kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kut̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kut̚³²⁻⁵ kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kut̚³²⁻⁴ kʰi¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kut̚³²⁻⁴ kʰi²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gug⁴ ki³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuk khì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuk̚²⁻⁴ kʰi²¹³/

Noun

骨氣

1. (figurative) integrity; backbone; unyielding character
2. (figurative, calligraphy) vigour of strokes

Derived terms

• 有骨氣／有骨气
• 沒骨氣／没骨气