志氣

See also: 志气

Chinese

		the will	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (志氣)		志	氣
simp. (志气)		志	气

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhìqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³ hei³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chì-khì

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zi³ ki³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhìqì → zhìqi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄑㄧˋ → ㄓˋ ˙ㄑㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhci̊
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴-chʻi⁵
    • Yale: jr̀-chi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh.chih
    • Palladius: чжици (čžici)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/ → /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi³ hei³
    • Yale: ji hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji³ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³ hei̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chì-khì
    • Tâi-lô: tsì-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cie'qix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡si²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡si²¹⁻⁴² kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡si¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰi¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰi²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zi³ ki³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsì khì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kʰi²¹³/

Noun

志氣

1. aspiration; ambition; spirit; backbone; resolve

Synonyms

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• 壯志 / 壮志 (zhuàngzhì) (great ambitions)
• 夢寐 / 梦寐 (mèngmèi) (literary)
• 夢想 / 梦想 (mèngxiǎng)
• 心志 (xīnzhì)
• 心骨 (xīngǔ) (literary)
• 志事 (zhìshì) (literary)
• 志向 (zhìxiàng)
• 懷抱 / 怀抱 (huáibào) (literary)
• 抱負 / 抱负 (bàofù)
• 權欲 / 权欲 (quányù) (derogatory, lust for power)
• 理想 (lǐxiǎng)
• 職志 / 职志 (zhízhì)
• 野心 (yěxīn) (wild ambition)
• 雄心 (xióngxīn) (great ambitions)

 

Derived terms

• 長他人志氣，滅自己威風 / 长他人志气，灭自己威风 (zhǎng tārén zhìqì, miè zìjǐ wēifēng)