gay裡gay氣

Chinese

		gay	inside	gay	gas; air; smell
trad. (gay裡gay氣/gay裏gay氣)		gay	裡/裏	gay	氣
simp. (gay里gay气)		gay	里	gay	气

Etymology

Applying English gay in the general pejorative construction ……裡……氣／……里……气 (...lǐ...qì), which was originally the ……裡……/……里…… (...lǐ...)-augmented reduplication of disyllabic adjectives ending in 氣／气 (qì, “manner; air”); cf. the following examples:

怪 (guài, “strange”)	→	怪氣／怪气 (“weird”)	→	怪裡怪氣／怪里怪气 (guàiliguàiqì, “weird”)
傻 (shǎ, “foolish”)		傻氣／傻气 (shǎqì, “silly”)		傻裡傻氣／傻里傻气 (shǎlishǎqì, “looking stupid”)
土 (tǔ, “rustic”)		土氣／土气 (tǔqì, “rustic”)		土裡土氣／土里土气 (tǔlitǔqì, “looking unsophisticated”)
流 (liú, “idling”)		流氣／流气 (liúqì, “rascally”)		流裡流氣／流里流气 (“hooligan-like”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gēiligēiqì, gèiligèiqì, gēilǐgēiqì, gèilǐgèiqì

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄟ ˙ㄌㄧㄍㄟㄑㄧˋ, ㄍㄟˋ ˙ㄌㄧㄍㄟˋ ㄑㄧˋ, ㄍㄟㄌㄧˇ ㄍㄟㄑㄧˋ, ㄍㄟˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄍㄟˋ ㄑㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gay-li-gay-qì
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄟ ˙ㄌㄧㄍㄟㄑㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: geili̊geicì
  - Wade–Giles: kei¹-li⁵-kei¹-chʻi⁴
  - Yale: gēi-li-gēi-chì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gei.ligeichih
  - Palladius: гэйлигэйци (gɛjligɛjci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /keɪ̯⁵⁵ li² keɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gay-li-gay-qì
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄟˋ ˙ㄌㄧㄍㄟˋ ㄑㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gèili̊gèicì
  - Wade–Giles: kei⁴-li⁵-kei⁴-chʻi⁴
  - Yale: gèi-li-gèi-chì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gey.ligeychih
  - Palladius: гэйлигэйци (gɛjligɛjci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /keɪ̯⁵¹ li¹ keɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gay-lǐ-gay-qì
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄟㄌㄧˇ ㄍㄟㄑㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: geilǐgeicì
  - Wade–Giles: kei¹-li³-kei¹-chʻi⁴
  - Yale: gēi-lǐ-gēi-chì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geiliigeichih
  - Palladius: гэйлигэйци (gɛjligɛjci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /keɪ̯⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ keɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gay-lǐ-gay-qì
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄟˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄍㄟˋ ㄑㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gèilǐgèicì
  - Wade–Giles: kei⁴-li³-kei⁴-chʻi⁴
  - Yale: gèi-lǐ-gèi-chì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geyliigeychih
  - Palladius: гэйлигэйци (gɛjligɛjci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /keɪ̯⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ keɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/

Adjective

gay裡gay氣

(neologism, slang, humorous or derogatory) gay-acting; gay-looking