財氣

Chinese

		money; wealth; riches money; wealth; riches; property; valuables	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (財氣)		財	氣
simp. (财气)		财	气

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cáiqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˊ ㄑㄧˋ

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zai² ki⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): châi-khì

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cai⁵ ki³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cáiqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˊ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cáicì
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻai²-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: tsái-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsairchih
    • Palladius: цайци (cajci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zai² ki⁴ [Phonetic: zai¹ ki⁴]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cái-ki̍
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sai¹³⁻⁵⁵ kʰi⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châi-khì
    • Tâi-lô: tsâi-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zai'qix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sai¹³⁻²² kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sai²⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cai⁵ ki³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshâi khì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰi²¹³/

Noun

財氣

1. luck in making money; luck for wealth
2. (Puxian Min) talent to run a business

Synonyms

(luck in making money):

• 財運／财运 (cáiyùn)

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “财气”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 565.