讀空氣

Chinese

		to read; to study; comma to read; to study; comma; phrase marked by pause	air; empty qi; pneuma
trad. (讀空氣)		讀	空氣
simp. (读空气)		读	空气

Etymology

Calque from Japanese 空(くう)気(き)を読(よ)む (kūki o yomu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dú kōngqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄑㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dú kōngqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dú kongcì
    • Wade–Giles: tu² kʻung¹-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: dú kūng-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwu kongchih
    • Palladius: ду кунци (du kunci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/

Verb

讀⫽空氣 (verb-object)

1. (slang, intransitive) to read the room

   讀不懂空氣／读不懂空气  ―  dú bù dǒng kōngqì  ―  to be unable to read the room

Related terms

• KY (kēiwài)