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聲氣

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Chinese

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sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds)
sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise
 
gas; air; smell
gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
 
trad. (聲氣)
simp. (声气)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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聲氣

  1. voice and breath
  2. (figurative) common interests between friends
  3. tone; manner of speaking
  4. (dialectal) voice
  5. news
    上年電話之後冇乜聲氣 [Cantonese, trad.]
    上年电话之后冇乜声气 [Cantonese, simp.]
    soeng6 nin4-2 tung4 keoi5 tung1 jyun4 din6 waa6-2 zi1 hau6 zau6 mou5 mat1 seng1 hei3 laa3. [Jyutping]
    I haven't heard from him since chatting with him on the phone last year.
  6. (Cantonese) hope; prospects
    聲氣声气 [Cantonese]  ―  mou5 saai3 seng1 hei3 [Jyutping]  ―  to be hopeless
  7. (Cantonese) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    咁多聲氣 [Cantonese, trad.]
    咁多声气 [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 mat1 dou1 mou5 zou6, zau6 mai5 gam3 do1 seng1 hei3 laa1. [Jyutping]
    You didn't do a thing, so quit nagging.

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