元氣
Chinese
primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty) |
gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (元氣) | 元 | 氣 | |
| simp. (元气) | 元 | 气 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun4 hei3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-hi / ngiàn-hi
- Jin (Wiktionary): ye1 qi3
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): goân-khì
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yuánqì
- Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yuáncì
- Wade–Giles: yüan2-chʻi4
- Yale: ywán-chì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanchih
- Palladius: юаньци (juanʹci)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɥɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jyun4 hei3
- Yale: yùhn hei
- Cantonese Pinyin: jyn4 hei3
- Guangdong Romanization: yun4 héi3
- Sinological IPA (key): /jyːn²¹ hei̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-hi
- Hakka Romanization System: ngienˇ hi
- Hagfa Pinyim: ngian2 hi4
- Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en¹¹ hi⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-hi
- Hakka Romanization System: ngianˇ hi
- Hagfa Pinyim: ngian2 hi4
- Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an¹¹ hi⁵⁵/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Jin
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-khì
- Tâi-lô: guân-khì
- Phofsit Daibuun: goanqix
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² kʰi²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ kʰi²¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Middle Chinese: ngjwon khj+jH
Noun
元氣
- (Chinese philosophy) energy of primal chaos
- (in common usage) strength; vigour; vitality
- (traditional Chinese medicine) vital energy
Derived terms
Descendants
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 元 | 氣 |
| げん Grade: 2 |
き Jinmeiyō |
| kan'on | |
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 元 | 氣 |
| もと Grade: 2 |
き Jinmeiyō |
| kun'yomi | kan'on |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 元氣 – see the following entry. | ||||
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| (This term, 元氣, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) |