懈氣

Chinese

		lax; negligent	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (懈氣)		懈	氣
simp. (懈气)		懈	气

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xièqì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄑㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haai⁶ hei³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xièqì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄑㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siècì
  - Wade–Giles: hsieh⁴-chʻi⁴
  - Yale: syè-chì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiehchih
  - Palladius: сеци (seci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    洩氣 / 泄气
    懈氣 / 懈气
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haai⁶ hei³
  - Yale: haaih hei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haai⁶ hei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hai⁶ héi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːi̯²² hei̯³³/

Verb

懈氣

to slacken one's efforts
- 那時中國的堅持抗戰、堅持統一戰線和堅持持久戰的任務，就更加顯得嚴重，更加不能絲毫懈氣。 [MSC, trad.]
  那时中国的坚持抗战、坚持统一战线和坚持持久战的任务，就更加显得严重，更加不能丝毫懈气。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Nàshí Zhōngguó de jiānchí kàngzhàn, jiānchí tǒngyī zhànxiàn hé jiānchí chíjiǔzhàn de rènwù, jiù gèngjiā xiǎnde yánzhòng, gèngjiā bùnéng sīháo xièqì. [Pinyin]
  China's task of persevering in the War of Resistance, the united front and the protracted war will then become all the more weighty, and it will be all the more necessary not to slacken our efforts in the slightest.