生氣
See also: 生气
Chinese edit
Etymology 1 edit
to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw |
gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make sb. angry; to get angry; to be enraged | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (生氣) | 生 | 氣 | |
| simp. (生气) | 生 | 气 | |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
生⫽氣 (verb-object)
- to be angry; to get upset; to be mad
Usage notes edit
To say "to be angry with somebody", put somebody + 的 (de) in between 生氣: for example 生她的氣 means "to be angry with her".
Synonyms edit
Dialectal synonyms of 生氣 (“to be angry”) [map]
- 上火 (shànghuǒ) (dialectal Mandarin)
- 使性地 (sái-sìng-tē) (Hokkien)
- 使性子 (shǐ xìngzi)
- 使氣／使气 (shǐqì)
- 使癖 (Hokkien)
- 使頸／使颈 (sai2 geng2) (Cantonese)
- 冒煙／冒烟 (màoyān) (colloquial)
- 動怒／动怒 (dòngnù)
- 受氣／受气 (siū-khì) (Hokkien)
- 嗔怒 (chēnnù)
- 大怒 (dànù)
- 奭 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
- 威怒 (wēinù) (literary)
- 尥蹶子 (liàojuězi)
- 𡳞火 (Hokkien, vulgar)
- 弄性子 (nòng xìngzi) (colloquial)
- 忿懥 (fènzhì) (literary)
- 急 (jí)
- 怒 (nù) (literary, or in compounds)
- 急眼 (jíyǎn) (colloquial)
- 惱怒／恼怒 (nǎonù)
- 惹氣／惹气 (rěqì)
- 惱火／恼火 (nǎohuǒ)
- 戳火 (cuah4 hue2) (Jin)
- 掛氣／挂气 (guàqì) (dialectal)
- 暴怒 (bàonù) (to explode in anger)
- 有氣／有气 (yǒuqì)
- 氣／气
- 氣惱／气恼 (qìnǎo)
- 火大 (huǒdà)
- 火癀 (Hokkien)
- 燒色／烧色 (chiáu-să̤) (Northern Min)
- 爆氣／爆气
- 犯脾氣／犯脾气 (fàn píqi) (colloquial)
- 狂怒 (kuángnù) (to explode in anger)
- 癀發／癀发 (Hokkien)
- 發呴／发呴 (7faq 1heu) (Wu)
- 發性地／发性地 (Hokkien)
- 發火／发火 (fāhuǒ)
- 發癀／发癀 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 發老脾／发老脾 (faat3 lou5 pei4-2) (Cantonese)
- 發脾四／发脾四 (faat3 pei4 sei3) (Cantonese)
- 發脾氣／发脾气 (fā píqi)
- 發臉／发脸 (Hokkien)
- 發輦／发辇 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 發飆／发飙 (fābiāo) (colloquial)
- 盛怒 (shèngnù)
- 耍態度／耍态度 (shuǎ tàidù) (colloquial)
- 耍脾氣／耍脾气 (shuǎ píqi)
- 苦氣／苦气 (Hokkien)
- 見氣／见气 (Yangzhou Mandarin, Pingxiang Gan, Huizhou, Pingxiang Gan, Wu, Pingxiang Gan, Xiang, Pingxiang Gan)
- 起性 (Hokkien)
- 起性地 (Hokkien)
- 起火
- 起花光 (kī-huă-guŏng) (Eastern Min)
- 震怒 (zhènnù)
- 鬧脾氣／闹脾气 (nào píqi)
- 不平 (bùpíng)
- 不滿／不满 (bùmǎn)
- 受氣／受气 (siū-khì) (Hokkien, Teochew)
- 嬲 (Cantonese)
- 嬲爆爆 (nau1 baau3 baau3) (Cantonese)
- 怒 (nù) (literary, or in compounds)
- 怒憤／怒愤 (nùfèn) (literary)
- 悻悻 (xìngxìng) (literary)
- 悻然 (xìngrán) (literary)
- 憤怒／愤怒 (fènnù)
- 憤慨／愤慨 (fènkǎi)
- 憤懣／愤懑 (fènmèn)
- 氣呼呼／气呼呼 (qìhūhū)
- 氣奪奪／气夺夺 (Hokkien)
- 氣怫怫／气怫怫 (Hokkien)
- 氣憤／气愤 (qìfèn)
- 氣掣掣／气掣掣 (Hokkien)
- 氣沖沖／气冲冲 (qìchōngchōng)
- 激心 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 火大 (huǒdà)
Etymology 2 edit
to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw |
gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make sb. angry; to get angry; to be enraged | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (生氣) | 生 | 氣 | |
| simp. (生气) | 生 | 气 | |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
生氣
Synonyms edit
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw |
gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make sb. angry; to get angry; to be enraged | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (生氣) | 生 | 氣 | |
| simp. (生气) | 生 | 气 | |
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
生氣
- (Hokkien) having an unpleasant, wild taste (of cooked food)
- (Xiamen Hokkien) rigid and unamiable
- (Quanzhou Hokkien) rash and lacking in common sense
Etymology 4 edit
to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw |
gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make sb. angry; to get angry; to be enraged | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (生氣) | 生 | 氣 | |
| simp. (生气) | 生 | 气 | |
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
生氣
- (Xiamen Hokkien) to make trouble; to create a disturbance
Synonyms edit
- 亂它／乱它 (lonn5 do2) (Xiang)
- 亂彈琴／乱弹琴 (luàn tánqín) (figurative)
- 亂鬧／乱闹 (luànnào)
- 作孽 (Hokkien)
- 使壞／使坏 (shǐhuài)
- 做孽 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
- 做手腳／做手脚 (zuò shǒujiǎo)
- 卵彈琴／卵弹琴 (lonn3 dan2 qin2) (Xiang)
- 惹事 (rěshì)
- 搗亂／捣乱 (dǎoluàn)
- 搶事／抢事 (Hokkien)
- 搞事 (gǎoshì)
- 搗蛋／捣蛋 (dǎodàn)
- 搗鬼／捣鬼 (dǎoguǐ)
- 搞鬼 (gǎoguǐ)
- 撩事 (liàu-dī) (Northern Min)
- 滋事 (zīshì)
- 滋擾／滋扰 (zīrǎo)
- 玩鬧／玩闹 (wánnào)
- 生事 (shēngshì)
- 生空 (Hokkien)
- 生空生榫 (Hokkien)
- 生空生縫／生空生缝 (Hokkien)
- 耍手腕 (shuǎ shǒuwàn)
- 胡來／胡来 (húlái)
- 胡攪／胡搅 (hújiǎo)
- 胡鬧／胡闹 (húnào)
- 舞射 (Hakka)
- 變精／变精 (Jinjiang Hokkien)
- 變鬼／变鬼 (Hokkien)
- 變魍／变魍 (Hokkien)
- 起事 (Hokkien)
- 起空 (Hokkien)
- 起鬨／起哄 (qǐhòng)
- 造反 (zàofǎn)
- 鬧事／闹事 (nàoshì)
Etymology 5 edit
| raw | gas | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (生氣) | 生 | 氣 | |
| simp. (生气) | 生 | 气 | |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
生氣
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) intake gas (of a vehicle)
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Japanese edit
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 生 | 氣 |
| せい Grade: 1 |
き Jinmeiyō |
| on’yomi | |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 生氣 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 生氣, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) |