脾氣

See also: 脾气

Chinese

		spleen	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (脾氣)		脾	氣
simp. (脾气)		脾	气

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): píqi, píqì

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ ˙ㄑㄧ, ㄆㄧˊ ㄑㄧˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): pei⁴ hei³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): pi³ hei¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phì-hi
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pî-khì / phî-khì
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶bi-chi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, mainland China)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: píqi
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ˙ㄑㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: píci̊
  - Wade–Giles: pʻi²-chʻi⁵
  - Yale: pí-chi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyi.chi
  - Palladius: пици (pici)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: píqì
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄑㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pícì
  - Wade–Giles: pʻi²-chʻi⁴
  - Yale: pí-chì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyichih
  - Palladius: пици (pici)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pei⁴ hei³
  - Yale: pèih hei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pei⁴ hei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: péi⁴ héi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰei̯²¹ hei̯³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: pi³ hei¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi²² hei³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phì-hi
  - Hakka Romanization System: pi^ˇ hi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pi² hi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰi¹¹ hi⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pî-khì
  - Tâi-lô: pî-khì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pi'qix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pi²⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pi²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi²³⁻³³ kʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pi²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi¹¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phî-khì
  - Tâi-lô: phî-khì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phi'qix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰi¹³⁻²² kʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰi²⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰi²³⁻³³ kʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰi²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi¹¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶bi-chi
  - MiniDict: bi^去 chi
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³bi-qi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bi²² t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/

Noun

脾氣

temperament; attitude; disposition
temper; bad temper
脾氣暴躁／脾气暴躁 ― píqì bàozào ― to have a bad temper

脾氣不好的人很難處。 [MSC, trad.]
脾气不好的人很难处。 [MSC, simp.]
Píqi bùhǎo de rén hěn nánchǔ. [Pinyin]
People with bad tempers are hard to get along with.

Synonyms

(temperament):

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天性 (tiānxìng)
常性 (chángxìng)
性地 (xìngdì) (literary or Min Nan)
性子 (xìngzi)
性情 (xìngqíng)
情性 (qíngxìng) (literary)
本性 (běnxìng)
本質 / 本质 (běnzhì)
氣性 / 气性
率性 (shuàixìng) (literary)
理 (lǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
癖 (Hokkien, Teochew)
癖鼻 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
秉性 (bǐngxìng)
稟性 / 禀性 (bǐngxìng)
稟氣 / 禀气 (bǐngqì) (literary)
素性 (sùxìng)
腸子 / 肠子 (chángzi) (figurative)
量草 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)

(temper): 氣性／气性 (qìxing)

Derived terms