口氣

See also: 口气

Chinese

		mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (口氣)		口	氣
simp. (口气)		口	气

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒuqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau² hei³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khió-khì / kháu-khì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒuqì → kǒuqi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄑㄧˋ → ㄎㄡˇ ˙ㄑㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒuci̊
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou³-chʻi⁵
    • Yale: kǒu-chi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koou.chih
    • Palladius: коуци (kouci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/ → /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴ t͡ɕʰi⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau² hei³
    • Yale: háu hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau² hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo² héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ hei̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khió-khì
    • Tâi-lô: khió-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qioy'qix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰi⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kháu-khì
    • Tâi-lô: kháu-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qaw'qix
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰi¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰi²¹/

Noun

口氣

1. tone; manner of speaking
2. meaning behind the words; undertone; implied meaning; undercurrent
3. breath; (especially) bad breath
4. (obsolete) accent; dialect

Synonyms

• (tone): 語氣／语气 (yǔqì); (Hengyang Xiang) 口腔 (kǒuqiāng)
• (meaning behind the words): 口風／口风 (kǒufēng)

Dialectal synonyms of 口臭 (“bad breath; halitosis”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		口過, 口氣
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		口臭
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	口臭
	Harbin	口臭
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	口臭, 嘴臭
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	嘴臭
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	口臭
	Wanrong	嘴臭
	Xining	口臭
	Xuzhou	口臭, 嘴臭, 臭嘴
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	口臭
	Ürümqi	口臭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	口臭, 嘴臭, 嘴巴臭
	Wuhan	口臭
	Guiyang	嘴巴臭
	Liuzhou	嘴臭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	口臭
	Yangzhou	臭嘴
Cantonese	Guangzhou	口臭
	Hong Kong	口臭
	Dongguan	口臭
Gan	Lichuan	口臭
	Pingxiang	嘴巴臭
Hakka	Yudu	嘴角臭
Huizhou	Jixi	口臭
Jin	Taiyuan	嘴臭
	Xinzhou	口臭
Northern Min	Jian'ou	喙盡臭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	嘴臭, 臭嘴
Southern Min	Xiamen	喙臭, 喙臭火, 臭火氣
	Taipei	喙臭 GT
	Leizhou	喙臭
	Haikou	喙臭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	口臭
Wu	Shanghai	口臭, 嘴臭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	口臭
	Suzhou	嘴臭
	Danyang	口臭
	Hangzhou	口臭
	Ningbo	口臭
	Jinhua	口臭
Xiang	Changsha	口臭
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

• 探口氣 / 探口气

 

Related terms

• 口風／口风 (kǒufēng)
• 口吻 (kǒuwěn)

References

• “Entry #418”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.