Chinese dictionary
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n.gas
毒气
poisonous gas
废气
waste gas
煤气
coal gas
- 2
n.weather
天气
weather
秋高气爽
fine autumn weather
气候
climate
- 3
v.get angry; be enraged
我故意气他一下。
I was deliberately trying to annoy him.
你别气我了。
Don't make me angry.
他的气消下去了。
His anger dissipated.
气得直哆嗦
tremble with rage
synonym
- 4
n.air
打开窗子透透气。
Open the window to let in some fresh air.
这球已打足了气。
The ball is fully swelled with air.
轮胎打足了气。
The tyre is fully inflated.
气压
atmospheric pressure
- 5
n.morale
朝气
vitality
垂头丧气
in low spirits
气可鼓而不可泄。
Morale should be boosted, not dampened.
打气
boost the morale
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n.breath
上气不接下气
be out of breath
松了一口气
breathe a sigh of relief
老太太已经没气了。
The old woman has stopped breathing.
我怎么也缓不过气来。
I could not get my breath anyhow.
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n.smell; odor
臭气
bad odour
香气
sweet fragrance
泥土气
smell of earth
- 8
n.manner; style
官气
bureaucratic airs
娇气
finicky
孩子气
childish
- 9
n.vital energy; energy of life
元气
vitality
气虚
deficiency of vital energy
气血
vital energy and blood
- 10
v.bully
受气
be bullied
- 11
n.certain symptoms
脚气
athlete's foot
湿气
eczema
痰气
apoplexy
Words and phrases with 气
- 气胸[word]pneumothorax; artificial pneumothorax
- 气囊[word]air sac; air bag
- 气相[word]gaseous phase
- 气海[word]Qihai
- 气冲[word]Qichong
- 气概[word]lofty quality
- 气流[word]air current; breath
- 气压[word]air/atmospheric pressure
- 气节[word]moral courage
- 气度不凡[idiom]be impressive in appearance
- 气息奄奄[idiom]be at one's last gasp; on the verge of extinction
- 气象万千[idiom]majestic and grand
- 气势磅礴[idiom]of great momentum
- 气宇轩昂[idiom]have a dignified appearance
- 气势汹汹[idiom]fierce
- 气喘如牛[idiom]gasping for breath
- 气喘吁吁[idiom]pant for breath
- 气急败坏[idiom]flustered and exasperated
Word usage
- Note"气" is different from "汽". "气" mostly refers to various gases in the natural state; "汽" mostly refers to the gas in an unnatural state. For example, "气锤" is different from "汽锤", and "气轮机" is different from "汽轮机".