取氣

Chinese

		to take; to get; to choose to take; to get; to choose; to fetch	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (取氣)		取	氣
simp. (取气)		取	气

Pronunciation

• Northern Min (KCR): chiǔ-ki̿

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• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chiǔ-ki̿
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiu²¹ kʰi³³/

Verb

取氣

1. (Northern Min) to breathe

Synonyms

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• 吸氣／吸气 (xīqì, “to inhale”)
• 呼吸 (hūxī)
• 呼氣／呼气 (hūqì, “to exhale”)
• 喘氣／喘气 (chuǎnqì, “to pant or, in Hokkien, to breathe”)
• 嗍氣／嗍气 (“to inhale”) (Taishanese)
• 透氣／透气 (tòuqì, “to breathe in fresh air”)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 呼吸 (“to breathe”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		呼吸
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	呼吸
	Singapore	呼吸
Cantonese	Guangzhou	敨氣
	Hong Kong	敨氣
	Taishan	敨氣
	Singapore (Guangfu)	敨氣
Hakka	Meixian	敨氣
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	敨氣
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	敨氣
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	敨氣
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	敨氣
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	敨氣
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	敨氣
Northern Min	Jian'ou	取氣
Southern Min	Xiamen	喘氣
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	喘氣
	Quanzhou	喘氣
	Zhangzhou	喘氣
	Tainan	喘氣
	Penang (Hokkien)	喘氣
	Singapore (Hokkien)	喘氣
	Manila (Hokkien)	喘氣, 呼吸
	Jieyang	敨氣
	Singapore (Teochew)	喘氣