口氣

See also: 口气

Chinese

		mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make sb. angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (口氣)		口	氣
simp. (口气)		口	气

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kǒuqì

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄑㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hau² hei³
Min Nan (POJ): khió-khì / kháu-khì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǒuqì → kǒuqi (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄑㄧˋ → ㄎㄡˇ ˙ㄑㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǒuci̊
  - Wade–Giles: kʻou³-chʻi⁵
  - Yale: kǒu-chi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koou.chih
  - Palladius: коуци (kouci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/ → /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴ t͡ɕʰi⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hau² hei³
  - Yale: háu hei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hau² hei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: heo² héi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ hei̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khió-khì
  - Tâi-lô: khió-khì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qioy'qix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰi⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kháu-khì
  - Tâi-lô: kháu-khì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qaw'qix
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰi¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰi²¹/

Noun

口氣

tone; manner of speaking
meaning behind the words; undertone; implied meaning; undercurrent
breath; (especially) bad breath
(obsolete) accent; dialect

Synonyms

(tone): 語氣／语气 (yǔqì)
(meaning behind the words): 口風／口风 (kǒufēng)

Dialectal synonyms of 口臭 (“bad breath; halitosis”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		口過, 口氣
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		口臭
Mandarin	Taiwan	口臭
	Harbin	口臭
	Yantai (Muping)	嘴臭
	Jinan	口臭, 嘴臭
	Luoyang	口臭
	Wanrong	嘴臭
	Yinchuan	口臭
	Xining	口臭
	Ürümqi	口臭
	Wuhan	口臭
	Chengdu	口臭, 嘴臭, 嘴巴臭
	Guiyang	嘴巴臭
	Liuzhou	嘴臭
	Xuzhou	口臭, 嘴臭, 臭嘴
	Yangzhou	臭嘴
	Nanjing	口臭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	口臭
	Hong Kong	口臭
	Dongguan	口臭
Gan	Lichuan	口臭
Gan	Pingxiang	嘴巴臭
Hakka	Yudu	嘴角臭
Huizhou	Jixi	口臭
Jin	Taiyuan	嘴臭
Jin	Xinzhou	口臭
Min Bei	Jian'ou	喙盡臭
Min Dong	Fuzhou	嘴臭, 臭嘴
Min Nan	Xiamen	喙臭, 喙臭火, 臭火氣
	Taipei	喙臭 GT
	Leizhou	喙臭
	Haikou	喙臭
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	口臭
Wu	Shanghai	口臭, 嘴臭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	口臭
	Suzhou	嘴臭
	Danyang	口臭
	Hangzhou	口臭
	Ningbo	口臭
	Jinhua	口臭
Xiang	Changsha	口臭
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

探口氣／探口气

Related terms

口風／口风 (kǒufēng)
口吻 (kǒuwěn)

References

“Entry #426”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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