清氣

See also: 清气

Chinese

		clear; distinct; complete clear; distinct; complete; pure	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make sb. angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (清氣)		清	氣
simp. (清气)		清	气

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chheng-khì

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cêng¹ ki³ / cêng¹ kih⁴

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-khì
    • Tâi-lô: tshing-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhengqix
    • IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰeŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰi¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ kʰi⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cêng¹ ki³ / cêng¹ kih⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheng khì / tsheng khih
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰeŋ³³⁻²³ kʰi²¹³/, /t͡sʰeŋ³³⁻²³ kʰiʔ²/

Adjective

清氣

1. (Southern Min, dialectal Eastern Min, Puxian Min, Central Min) clean

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 乾淨 (“clean; not dirty”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		乾淨, 清潔, 潔淨
Mandarin	Beijing	乾淨
	Taiwan	乾淨
	Jinan	乾淨
	Xi'an	乾淨
	Wuhan	乾淨, 寧馨
	Chengdu	乾淨
	Yangzhou	乾淨, 清爽
	Hefei	乾淨, 清亮
	Malaysia	乾淨
	Singapore	乾淨
Cantonese	Guangzhou	乾淨
	Hong Kong	乾淨
	Taishan	乾淨, 虔誠
	Yangjiang	淨, 伶俐
	Singapore (Guangfu)	乾淨
Gan	Nanchang	乾淨
Hakka	Meixian	淨, 伶俐
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	淨俐, 伶俐
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	淨俐, 伶俐
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	淨俐, 伶俐
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	淨俐, 伶俐
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	淨俐, 伶俐
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	淨俐, 伶俐
Jin	Taiyuan	乾淨
Northern Min	Jian'ou	伶俐
	Jianyang	伶俐
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	澈潔, 澈
	Changle	澈
	Fuqing	澈潔
	Yongtai	澈潔
	Gutian	澈潔
	Pingnan	澈
	Fu'an	清氣
	Ningde	澈, 澈潔
	Xiapu	澈潔
	Zherong	澈潔
	Shouning	澈潔
	Zhouning	澈, 澈潔, 清氣
	Fuding	清氣
	Matsu	澈潔, 清氣
Southern Min	Xiamen	清氣
	Quanzhou	清氣
	Jinjiang	清氣
	Yongchun	清氣
	Zhangzhou	清氣
	Zhao'an	清氣
	Taipei	清氣
	Taipei (Wanhua)	清氣
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	清氣
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	清氣
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	清氣
	Kaohsiung	清氣
	Yilan	清氣
	Changhua (Lukang)	清氣
	Taichung	清氣
	Taichung (Wuqi)	清氣
	Tainan	清氣
	Taitung	清氣
	Hsinchu	清氣
	Kinmen	清氣
	Penghu (Magong)	清氣
	Penang (Hokkien)	清氣
	Singapore (Hokkien)	清氣
	Manila (Hokkien)	清氣
	Longyan	清氣
	Datian	清氣
	Chaozhou	清氣
	Shantou	清氣
	Shantou (Chenghai)	清氣
	Jieyang	清氣
	Haifeng	清氣
	Singapore (Teochew)	清氣
	Leizhou	澈, 澈潔
	Haikou	澈, 澈潔
	Qionghai	澈氣
	Singapore (Hainanese)	澈
Puxian Min	Putian	澈潔, 清氣
	Xianyou	清氣
Central Min	Yong'an	清氣
	Sanyuan	清氣
	Shaxian	伶俐
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	伶俐
Wu	Shanghai	清爽
	Suzhou	清爽, 乾淨
	Wenzhou	了滯, 清水, 光生
Xiang	Changsha	乾淨
	Shuangfeng	乾淨, 料俏

Derived terms

• 清氣相／清气相 (chheng-khì-siùⁿ) (Min Nan)

 

Further reading

• “Entry #7568”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.