集氣

Chinese

		to gather; to collect; collected works	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make sb. angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (集氣)		集	氣
simp. (集气)		集	气

Etymology

Thought to be a reference to the "spirit bomb" from the Japanese Dragon Ball series.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jíqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaap⁶ hei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jíqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jícì
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: jí-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyichih
    • Palladius: цзици (czici)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaap⁶ hei³
    • Yale: jaahp hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaap⁹ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zab⁶ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːp̚² hei̯³³/

Verb

集氣

1. (neologism) to draw together support

Further reading

• https://hongkongfp.com/hong-kong-protest-movement-data-archive-glossary/