歇氣

Chinese

		to rest	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (歇氣)		歇	氣
simp. (歇气)		歇	气

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiēqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hit³ hei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiēqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siecì
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh¹-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: syē-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiechih
    • Palladius: сеци (seci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hit³ hei³
    • Yale: hit hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hit⁸ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: hid³ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːt̚³ hei̯³³/

Verb

歇氣

1. to take a breather; to catch one's breath

Synonyms

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• 休息
• 休憩 (xiūqì) (literary)
• 停歇 (tíngxiē)
• 停睏 / 停困 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 喘氣 / 喘气 (chuǎnqì) (to take a breather)
• 安息 (ānxī)
• 憩息 (qìxī) (literary)
• 放尞 (Taiwanese Hakka)
• 敨 (tau²) (Cantonese, Hakka)
• 歇 (xiē)
• 歇喘 (Hokkien, to take a breather)
• 歇息 (xiēxi)
• 歇𤺪 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 歇睏 / 歇困 (Hakka, Hokkien)