牛氣

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make sb. angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (牛氣)		牛	氣
simp. (牛气)		牛	气

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niúqi

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ˙ㄑㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ hei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niúqi
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ˙ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióuci̊
    • Wade–Giles: niu²-chʻi⁵
    • Yale: nyóu-chi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niou.chi
    • Palladius: нюци (njuci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁴ hei³
    • Yale: ngàuh hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ hei̯³³/

Adjective

牛氣

1. (regional) arrogant; supercilious; haughty

Synonyms

• 傲慢 (àomàn)
• 兀傲 (wù'ào) (literary)
• 囂俳／嚣俳 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 囂張／嚣张 (xiāozhāng)
• 沙塵／沙尘 (saa¹ can⁴) (Cantonese)
• 滿／满 (mǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 滿盈／满盈 (mǎnyíng) (literary)
• 牙擦 (Cantonese)
• 狂 (kuáng)
• 狂妄 (kuángwàng)
• 矜貴／矜贵 (jīnguì) (literary)
• 空歁 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 自大 (zìdà)
• 自恃 (zìshì)
• 自滿／自满 (zìmǎn)
• 自負／自负 (zìfù)
• 自高 (zìgāo)
• 起市 (hei² si^4*) (Taishanese)
• 起徛 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 驕傲／骄傲 (jiāo'ào)
• 驕橫／骄横 (jiāohèng)
• 驕矜／骄矜 (jiāojīn) (literary)
• 驕縱／骄纵 (jiāozòng)
• 高傲 (gāo'ào)
• 高慢 (gāomàn)