雷氣
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]thunder | gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged | ||
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trad. (雷氣) | 雷 | 氣 | |
simp. (雷气) | 雷 | 气 |
Etymology
[edit]Substitution of 義 / 义 (ji6) in 義氣 / 义气 (ji6 hei3) (homophonous to 二 (ji6, “two”)) with 雷 (leoi4, “(slang) two”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: leoi4 hei3
- Yale: lèuih hei
- Cantonese Pinyin: loey4 hei3
- Guangdong Romanization: lêu4 héi3
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɵy̯²¹ hei̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
[edit]雷氣
- (Cantonese, slang) spirit of loyalty (brotherhood) and self-sacrifice