上氣

See also: 上气 and 上気

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (上氣)		上	氣
simp. (上气)		上	气

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ hei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngcì
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: shàng-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqchih
    • Palladius: шанци (šanci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ hei³
    • Yale: seuhng hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² hei̯³³/

Noun

上氣

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) upper chi; cardiopulmonary chi

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ hei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngcì
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: shàng-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqchih
    • Palladius: шанци (šanci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁵ hei³
    • Yale: séuhng hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁵ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ hei̯³³/

Noun

上氣

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) abnormal rising of chi; laboured breathing
2. (Cantonese, slang) nose

Derived terms

• 上氣不接下氣 / 上气不接下气 (shàngqì bù jiē xiàqì)

 

Verb

上氣

1. (literary) to act rashly out of spite
2. (Cantonese, slang) to smoke (cigarette or drugs)

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 上氣 – see the following entries.

【上気じょうき】 [noun] rush of blood to the head causing one to flush [noun] such a rush causing one to become frenzied or lose oneself [verb] to flush

(This term, 上氣, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

【浮気うわき】 [adjective] fickle, unfaithful, disloyal [adjective] cheerful and showy; capricious [noun] extramarital sex, affair, fooling around [noun] unfaithfulness, infidelity [noun] capriciousness [verb] to have an affair [verb] to be unfaithful, to cheat, to adulterate Alternative spellings 上気, うわ気

(This term, 上氣, is the kyūjitai of an alternative spelling (上気) of the above term.)