空氣

See also: 空気 and 空气

Chinese

		emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (空氣)		空	氣
simp. (空气)		空	气
alternative forms		空炁 archaic

Pronunciation 1

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 空氣

1. (meteorology) air

   空氣質量／空气质量  ―  kōngqì zhìliàng  ―  air quality

   空氣流通／空气流通  ―  kōngqì liútōng  ―  air circulation; ventilation

   呼吸新鮮空氣／呼吸新鲜空气  ―  hūxī xīnxiān kōngqì  ―  to breathe in fresh air

   被污染的空氣／被污染的空气  ―  bèi wūrǎn de kōngqì  ―  polluted air

2. (Taoism) empty qi; pneuma
3. (figurative) atmosphere; ambience; environment

   • 但是近來的妥協空氣，反共聲浪，忽又甚囂塵上，又把全國人民打入悶葫蘆裡了。 [MSC, trad.]
     但是近来的妥协空气，反共声浪，忽又甚嚣尘上，又把全国人民打入闷葫芦里了。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Dànshì jìnlái de tuǒxié kōngqì, fǎngòng shēnglàng, hū yòu shènxiāochénshàng, yòu bǎ quánguó rénmín dǎrù mènhúlu lǐ le. [Pinyin]

     Of late, however, the dust and din of compromise and anti-communism have once again filled the air, and once again the people are thrown into bewilderment.

4. (figurative) public opinion; information; rumour

Synonyms

• (air): 大氣／大气 (dàqì)
• (ambience):

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• 氛圍／氛围
• 氣氛／气氛
• 氣象／气象 (qìxiàng) (literary)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (空氣):

• → Japanese: 空(くう)気(き) (kūki)
• → Korean: 공기(空氣) (gonggi)
• → Vietnamese: không khí (空氣)

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khang-khùi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khang-khùi
    • Tâi-lô: khang-khuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qangquix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaŋ³³ kʰui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰui¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰui²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 空氣

1. (Hokkien) thing; matter; affair (bad)

   汝佇變什物空氣？ [Hokkien, trad.]
   汝伫变什物空气？ [Hokkien, simp.]

   Lí tī pìⁿ sím-mi̍h khang-khùi? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   What [bad thing] are you doing?

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 空頭／空头

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
空	氣
くう Grade: 1	き Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Noun

1. Kyūjitai form of 空気: air, atmosphere; atmosphere, mood

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Korean

Hanja in this term
空	氣

Noun

空氣 • (gonggi) (hangeul 공기)

1. hanja form^? of 공기 (“air”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
空	氣

Noun

空氣

1. chữ Hán form of không khí (“air”).