性氣

Chinese

		sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (性氣)		性	氣
simp. (性气)		性	气
anagram		氣性／气性

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìngqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧˋ

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sing⁴ ki⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sèng-khì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìngqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìngcì
    • Wade–Giles: hsing⁴-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: syìng-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinqchih
    • Palladius: синци (sinci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sing⁴ ki⁴ [Phonetic: sing¹ ki⁴]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiŋ⁴²⁻⁵⁵ kʰi⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèng-khì
    • Tâi-lô: sìng-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seangqix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰi¹¹/

Noun

性氣

1. temperament, character

Synonyms

• 脾氣／脾气 (píqi), 性子 (xìngzi), 氣性／气性 (qìxing)

References

• 東方孝義 (TŌHŌ Takayoshi) (1931) “性氣”, in 臺日新辭書 [New Taiwanese–Japanese dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: 臺灣警察協會, page 352
• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “性气”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 497.