氣概

See also: 气概, 気概, and 氣槪

Chinese

		gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged	general; approximate
trad. (氣概/氣槪)		氣	概/槪
simp. (气概)		气	概

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qìgài

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄍㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³ koi³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hi-khói

  (Hailu, HRS): hi^ˇ koi^ˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khì-khài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qìgài
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄍㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìgài
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴-kai⁴
    • Yale: chì-gài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihgay
    • Palladius: цигай (cigaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ kaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei³ koi³
    • Yale: hei koi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ koi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi³ koi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ kʰɔːi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hi-khói
    • Hakka Romanization System: hi koi^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hi⁴ koi³
    • Sinological IPA: /hi⁵⁵ kʰoi̯³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: hi^ˇ koi^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /hi¹¹ kʰoi²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khì-khài
    • Tâi-lô: khì-khài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qie'qaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ kʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ kʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰai²¹/

Noun

氣概

1. mettle; lofty quality; spirit

Related terms

• 氣魄／气魄 (qìpò)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (氣概):

• → Japanese: 気(き)概(がい) (kigai)
• → Korean: 기개(氣槪) (gigae)
• → Vietnamese: khí khái (氣概)