See also: 上气 and 上気

Chinese edit

 
up; on; on top
up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
 
gas; air; smell
gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make sb. angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (上氣)
simp. (上气)

Pronunciation 1 edit


Noun edit

上氣

  1. (traditional Chinese medicine) upper chi; cardiopulmonary chi

Pronunciation 2 edit


Noun edit

上氣

  1. (traditional Chinese medicine) abnormal rising of chi; laboured breathing
  2. (Cantonese, slang) nose
Derived terms edit

Verb edit

上氣

  1. (literary) to act rashly out of spite
  2. (Cantonese, slang) to smoke (cigarette or drugs)

Japanese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 上氣 – see the following entries.
上気じょうき
[noun] rush of blood to the head causing one to flush
[noun] such a rush causing one to become frenzied or lose oneself
[verb] to flush
(This term, 上氣, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)
浮気うわき
[adjective] fickle, unfaithful, disloyal
[adjective] cheerful and showy; capricious
[noun] extramarital sex, affair, fooling around
[noun] unfaithfulness, infidelity
[noun] capriciousness
[verb] to have an affair
[verb] to be unfaithful, to cheat, to adulterate
Alternative spellings
上気, うわ気
(This term, 上氣, is the kyūjitai of an alternative spelling (上気) of the above term.)