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Trad. 邪氣
- evil influence
- unhealthy trend
- (a person's) evil air
- aura of wickedness
- (TCM) pathogenic energy (opposite: 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4], vital energy)
Trad. 氣流
- stream of air
- airflow
- slipstream
- draft
- breath
- turbulence (of aircraft)
Trad. 正氣
- healthy atmosphere; moral spirit
- unyielding integrity; probity
- (TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases)
Trad. 透氣
- to flow freely (of air)
- to ventilate
- to breathe (of fabric etc)
- to take a breath of fresh air
- to divulge
Trad. 底氣
- lung capacity; lung power
- boldness; confidence; self-assurance; vigor
Trad. 心氣
- intention
- motive
- state of mind
- ambition
- aspiration
- heart 氣|气[qi4] (TCM)
Trad. 義氣
- spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice
- code of brotherhood
- also pr. [yi4 qi5]
Trad. 氣象
- meteorological condition; weather
- meteorology
- atmosphere; ambience; scene
Trad. 氣質
- personality traits; temperament; disposition
- aura; air; feel; vibe
- refinement; sophistication; class
Trad. 氣量
- (lit. quantity of spirit)
- moral character
- degree of forbearance
- broad-mindedness or otherwise
- tolerance
- magnanimity
Trad. 洩氣
- to leak (gas)
- to be discouraged
- to despair
- (disparaging) pathetic
- to vent one's anger
- (of a tire) to be flat
Trad. 氣門
- valve (esp. tire valve)
- accelerator (obsolete term for 油門|油门)
- stigma (zool.)
- spiracle
Trad. 仙氣
- ethereal quality
- (Chinese folklore) a puff of breath from the mouth of a celestial being, which can magically transform an object into sth else
Trad. 憋氣
- to hold one's breath
- to feel suffocated (for lack of air)
- choked with bottled-up resentment
Trad. 喘氣
- to breathe deeply; to pant; to gasp
- to take a breather; to catch one's breath
Trad. 煞氣
- to vent one's anger on (an innocent party)
- to take it out on (sb)
Trad. 煞氣
- baleful look
- inauspicious influence
- (of a tire, balloon etc) to leak air
Trad. 鼓氣
- to puff up
- to swell up
- to inflate
- to blow air into sth
- (fig.) to encourage
- to support
Trad. 霸氣
- imperious; aggressive; assertive
- dictatorial manner; boldness (CL:股[gu3])
Trad. 解氣
- to assuage one's anger
- gratifying (esp. to see sb get their comeuppance)
Trad. 送氣
- aspiration (phonetics, explosion of breath on consonants distinguishing Chinese p, t from b, d)
Trad. 貫氣
- (feng shui) beneficial influence, esp. from one's ancestral graves
- to confer a beneficial influence
Trad. 鑊氣
- "wok hei", a distinctive smoky, charred, and slightly caramelized flavor imparted to food cooked in a wok over a high flame (orthographic borrowing from Cantonese, Jyutping: wok6 hei3)
Trad. 好氣
- (coll.) good mood (usu. used in the negative)
- angry (usu. used in combination with 好笑[hao3 xiao4])