客客氣氣

Chinese

		customer; visitor; guest	customer; visitor; guest	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (客客氣氣)		客	客	氣	氣
simp. (客客气气)		客	客	气	气

Etymology

AABB-type reduplication of 客氣／客气 (kèqi).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kèkèqìqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄎㄜˋ ㄑㄧˋ ㄑㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kèkèqìqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄎㄜˋ ㄑㄧˋ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kèkècìcì
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴-kʻo⁴-chʻi⁴-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: kè-kè-chì-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kehkehchihchih
    • Palladius: кэкэцици (kɛkɛcici)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/

Idiom

客客氣氣

1. to be refined and courteous

Synonyms

• 彬彬有禮／彬彬有礼 (bīnbīnyǒulǐ)