激氣

Chinese

		to arouse; to incite; to excite to arouse; to incite; to excite; to stimulate; sharp; fierce; violent	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (激氣)		激	氣
simp. (激气)		激	气

Pronunciation 1

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gik¹ hei³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kek-khì / kiak-khì

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gêg⁴ ki³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gik¹ hei³
    • Yale: gīk hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gik⁷ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gig¹ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪk̚⁵ hei̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kek-khì
    • Tâi-lô: kik-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kekqix
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kʰi¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kʰi²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiak-khì
    • Tâi-lô: kiak-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiakqix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰi⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gêg⁴ ki³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kek khì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kek̚²⁻⁴ kʰi²¹³/

Note: Jieyang.

Verb

激氣

1. (Southern Min) to sulk; to be disgruntled; to go into a sulk
2. (Cantonese, Teochew) to be angry; to get upset; to be mad

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 賭氣 (“to act rashly out of spite; to hold a grudge”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		賭氣, 負氣, 慪氣, 鬥氣
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	賭氣
	Harbin	慪氣
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	賭氣, 慪氣, 慪氣兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	賭氣
	Xi'an	賭氣, 慪氣
	Xuzhou	慪氣
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	慪氣
	Ürümqi	慪氣
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	慪氣, 賭氣, 鼓氣
	Guiyang	慪氣
	Liuzhou	慪氣
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	慪氣
	Yangzhou	負氣
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鬥氣, 賭氣, 負氣, 鬥負氣
	Hong Kong	鬥氣
	Dongguan	慪氣
Gan	Nanchang	慪氣, 鬥氣
	Lichuan	賭氣, 慪氣
Hakka	Meixian	鬥氣, 慪氣
	Yudu	慪氣, 鬥氣子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	博氣, 鬥氣
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	博氣, 鬥氣
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	博氣, 鬥氣
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	博氣, 鬥氣
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	博氣, 鬥氣
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	挶氣, 鬥氣
Jin	Taiyuan	慪氣
	Xinzhou	慪氣
Southern Min	Xiamen	賭氣, 激氣
	Quanzhou	賭氣, 激氣
	Zhangzhou	賭氣, 激氣
	Tainan	賭氣, 激氣
	Shantou	賭氣
	Jieyang	激氣
	Haikou	慪氣
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	賭氣, 慪氣, 鬥氣
Wu	Danyang	鬥氣, 逼經
	Hangzhou	慪氣
	Jinhua	賭氣
Xiang	Changsha	慪氣

Dialectal synonyms of 生氣 (“to be angry”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		怒
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		生氣
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	生氣
	Taiwan	生氣
	Harbin	生氣
	Singapore	生氣
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	生氣
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	生氣
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	生氣, 發氣, 發火兒, 惱火, 發毛, 毛火
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	生氣
	Xi'an	生氣, 著氣
	Xining	生氣
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	生氣, 著氣
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	慪氣, 慪, 生氣, 發氣
	Wuhan	慪氣, 慪, 起氣, 氣, 發氣
	Guiyang	生氣, 發氣
	Guilin	生氣, 發氣
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	生氣
	Yangzhou	著氣, 見氣
	Hefei	生氣
Cantonese	Guangzhou	發嬲, 嬲, 激氣
	Hong Kong	發嬲, 嬲, 激氣
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	怒氣, 發火, 谷氣
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	谷氣
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	惱
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	谷氣
	Macau	嬲
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	嬲
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	嬲
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	嬲
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	嬲
	Foshan	嬲
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	嬲
	Foshan (Shunde)	嬲
	Foshan (Sanshui)	發嬲
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	發嬲
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	嬲
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	嬲
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	嬲
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	嬲
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	嬲
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	嬲
	Taishan	嬲
	Kaiping (Chikan)	嬲
	Enping (Niujiang)	嬲
	Heshan (Yayao)	嬲
	Dongguan	谷氣
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	嬲
	Shaoguan	嬲
	Yunfu	嬲
	Yangjiang	激氣
	Xinyi	嬲
	Lianjiang	嬲
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	屈火
	Hepu (Shatian)	生氣, 嬲氣
	Qinzhou	發相, 發火, 激, 激氣
	Qinzhou (Changtan)	發火, 發氣, 發性, 發火, 冒火, 火冒, 極, 極氣
	Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	發性, 激氣
	Beihai	發脾氣
	Beihai (Nankang)	嬲
	Beihai (Yingpan)	嬲
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	嬲, 發性
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	嬲
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	嬲
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	撞火
	Singapore (Guangfu)	嬲
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	嬲
	Móng Cái	嬲
	Yangon (Taishan)	嬲
	Mandalay (Taishan)	發氣
Gan	Nanchang	著氣
	Lichuan	發氣, 著氣
	Pingxiang	見氣, 發氣
Hakka	Meixian	激氣, 閼, 發譴
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	嬲
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	閼
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	嬲
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	嬲
	Wengyuan	閼
	Liannan	發性
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	發嬲
	Jiexi	閼
	Changting	氣
	Wuping (Yanqian)	惱, 發火
	Ninghua	生氣
	Yudu	發氣
	Ningdu	氣
	Tonggu (Sandu)	著氣
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	著急
	Dayu	發火
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	譴, 發閼, 發譴, 受氣
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	譴, 發譴, 受氣
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	閼, 發閼, 發譴, 受氣
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	譴, 發閼, 發譴, 受氣
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	閼, 發閼, 發譴, 受氣
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	氣, 發性, 受氣
	Hong Kong	發火
	Luchuan	火起
	Senai (Huiyang)	嬲
	Singapore (Dabu)	生氣
Huizhou	Jixi	發響, 見氣
Jin	Taiyuan	生氣
Northern Min	Jian'ou	燒色, 急
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	受氣
Southern Min	Xiamen	受氣, 起歹面
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	受氣
	Zhao'an	生氣
	Taipei	受氣
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	受氣
	Kaohsiung	受氣
	Yilan	受氣
	Changhua (Lukang)	受氣, 惱氣
	Taichung	受氣
	Tainan	受氣
	Hsinchu	受氣
	Kinmen	受氣
	Penghu (Magong)	受氣
	Penang (Hokkien)	起癀
	Singapore (Hokkien)	受氣
	Manila (Hokkien)	受氣
	Chaozhou	生氣, 氣
	Shantou	生氣
	Jieyang	生氣, 激氣
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	生氣
	Singapore (Teochew)	生氣, 氣, 受氣
Wu	Shanghai	生氣, 見氣
	Suzhou	動氣, 氣
	Danyang	生氣, 見氣
	Wenzhou	生氣, 氣, 急
	Jinhua	生氣, 見氣
Xiang	Changsha	發氣, 見氣, 發脾氣
	Shuangfeng	發氣

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kek-khùi / kiak-khùi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kek-khùi
    • Tâi-lô: kik-khuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kekquix
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kʰui¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ kʰui²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiak-khùi
    • Tâi-lô: kiak-khuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiakquix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰui⁴¹/

Verb

激氣

1. (Hokkien) to put on airs; to give oneself airs
2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to dress up excessively

Synonyms

• (to put on airs):

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• 做𧼨 (có̤-giák) (Eastern Min)
• 張勢 / 张势 (zhāngshì) (literary or Min Nan)
• 張身勢 / 张身势 (Hokkien)
• 拿大 (nádà) (colloquial)
• 擺架仔 / 摆架仔 (ba̿i-ga̿-ciě) (Northern Min)
• 擺架子 / 摆架子 (bǎi jiàzi) (colloquial)
• 擺格 / 摆格 (bǎigé) (chiefly Xiang)
• 擺譜 / 摆谱 (bǎipǔ) (colloquial)
• 激大範 / 激大范 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 激屎 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 激屎桶 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 激屎派 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 激氣頭 / 激气头 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 激派 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 激派頭 / 激派头 (Hokkien)
• 稱大 / 称大 (chēngdà)
• 耍大 (sua² da³) (Jin)
• 轉格 / 转格 (jyai³ ge⁶) (Xiang)

Derived terms

• 激氣頭 / 激气头