氣脈

Chinese

		gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make sb. angry; to get angry; to be enraged	mountain range; pulse
trad. (氣脈)		氣	脈
simp. (气脉)		气	脉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qìmài

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄇㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³ mak⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hi-mak

  (Meixian, Guangdong): hi⁴ mag⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qìmài
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄇㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìmài
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴-mai⁴
    • Yale: chì-mài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihmay
    • Palladius: цимай (cimaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ maɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei³ mak⁶
    • Yale: hei mahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ mak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi³ meg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ mɐk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hi-mak
    • Hakka Romanization System: hi mag`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hi⁴ mag⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /hi⁵⁵ mak̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hi⁴ mag⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /hi⁵³⁻⁵⁵ mak̚¹/

Noun

氣脈

1. breath and pulse
2. (literary or Hakka) (of people) energy, vigor

   𠊎正無恁大氣脈同佢詏。 [Meixian Hakka, trad.]
   𠊎正无恁大气脉同佢𬣦。 [Meixian Hakka, simp.]

   Ngai² zang⁴ mo² an³ tai⁴ hi⁴ mag⁵ tung² gi² au⁴. [Hakka Transliteration Scheme]

   I don't have that much energy to quarrel with him.

Synonyms

• (energy, vigor):

• 功夫 (gōngfu)
• 氣力／气力 (qìlì)
• 精力 (jīnglì)
• 精神