中氣

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (中氣)		中	氣
simp. (中气)		中	气

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ hei³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiong-khùi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongcì
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: jūng-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongchih
    • Palladius: чжунци (čžunci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ hei³
    • Yale: jūng hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ hei̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-khùi
    • Tâi-lô: tiong-khuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diongquix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ kʰui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰui¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰui²¹/

Noun

中氣

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) vitality
2. (opera) lung capacity
3. (climatology) solar term that fall in the second half of a Gregorian month

Derived terms

• 中氣十足 / 中气十足 (zhōngqì shízú)