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喷气式滑雪板pēn qì shì huá xuě bǎn
jet ski
Definitions
| Components | ||
| 喷 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 噴 | ||
| 噴 | pēn, pèn | |
| 1. to spurt; to gush; to jet out | ||
| 噴嚏 - sneeze | ||
| 2. to spray | ||
| 3. (colloquial, slang) to angrily rebuke or scold | ||
| 4. (of smell) strong; fragrant | ||
| 5. (colloquial) busy season (of something) | ||
| 气 | ||
| 1. Variant of 氣 | ||
| 2. Variant of 乞 | ||
| 3. Variant of 餼 | ||
| 乞 | qǐ | |
| 1. to beg | ||
| 2. to request | ||
| 3. (obsolete or Min Dong, Teochew) to give | ||
| 乞 汝 一 把 筆 (ké̤ṳk nṳ̄ siŏh bā bék) - someone gives you a pen, MD | ||
| 伊 乞 我 本 書 ( i1 keh4 ua2 bung2 ze1) - he gave me a book, MN-T | ||
| 4. (Min Dong, ;, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Teochew Min Nan) by | ||
| 乞 人 拍死 - tr=keh4 nang5 pah4 si2, be beat to death by someone, MN-T | ||
| 5. (Min Dong, ;, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Teochew Min Nan) (Used before a verb to indicate passive voice.) | ||
| 杯仔 乞 偷 去 - the cup has been stolen, MN | ||
| 氣 | qì | |
| 1. gas (matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma) | ||
| 天然氣 - natural gas | ||
| 輪胎 漏 氣 了。 - The tire is leaking gas. | ||
| 2. (meteorology) air | ||
| 出去 透 透氣！ - Go out to breathe fresh air! | ||
| 3. breath | ||
| 喘不過氣 來 - to be out of breath | ||
| 我 會 戰鬥 到 最后 一 口 氣。 - I will fight to my last breath. | ||
| 4. (Chinese philosophy, TCM) qi; vital energy; life force | ||
| 元氣 - vital energy | ||
| 氣 虛 - to be deficient in vital energy | ||
| 5. weather | ||
| 天氣 - weather | ||
| 氣候 - climate | ||
| 6. smell; odour | ||
| 氣味 - smell | ||
| 滿身 酒 氣 - to have the odor of alcohol all over one's body | ||
| 7. anger | ||
| 生氣 - to get angry | ||
| 消 消氣 - to calm down | ||
| 8. to be angry | ||
| 我 很 氣。 - I'm very angry. | ||
| 氣 哭 了 - to cry because one was so mad | ||
| 9. to make angry; to annoy; to anger; to enrage | ||
| 別 氣 我！ - Don't annoy me! | ||
| 10. quality; character; spirit; mettle | ||
| 有 男人 氣 - to be manly | ||
| 書生 氣 - bookishness | ||
| 11. vitality; vigor; morale; spirit | ||
| 氣概 - mettle; lofty quality | ||
| 一鼓作氣 - to accomplish in one vigorous effort | ||
| 12. bad habit; bad practice | ||
| Qi | ||
| 餼 | xì | |
| 1. (literary) foodgrain as a gift | ||
| 2. (literary) foodgrain (in general) | ||
| 3. (literary) fodder | ||
| 4. (literary) living livestock | ||
| 5. (literary) raw meat | ||
| 6. (literary) salary; provisions | ||
| 7. (Cantonese) to feed (an animal) | ||
| 式 | shì | |
| 1. (literary, or in compounds) standard; established practice; norm | ||
| 2. (literary, or in compounds) type; style; pattern | ||
| 3. (literary, or in compounds) ritual; ceremony | ||
| 4. (literary, or in compounds) example | ||
| 5. (mathematics, chemistry) formula | ||
| 6. (grammar) tense | ||
| 7. (grammar) mood; mode | ||
| 敘述式 - indicative mood | ||
| 滑 | huá | |
| 1. to slip; to slide | ||
| 2. to get away without punishment | ||
| 3. to swipe (on an electronic product) | ||
| 滑 手機 - to play on one's phone | ||
| 4. smooth; glossy | ||
| 5. slippery; slick | ||
| 小心 地 滑 - beware of slippery floor (a phrase commonly seen on warning signs) | ||
| 6. cunning; crafty; sly | ||
| Hua | ||
| 7. Used in 滑稽 (gǔjī) | ||
| 雪 | 雪 | |
| 1. snow | ||
| 下雪 - to snow | ||
| 2. to wipe away; to clean | ||
| 3. (dialectal) ice; product containing ice | ||
| 4. (Cantonese) to refrigerate; to store in the refrigerator | ||
| 5. (Cantonese, figuratively) to set aside; to shelve | ||
| 6. (Malaysia, Singapore) Short for 雪蘭莪, Selangor | ||
| Xue | ||
| 板 | bǎn | |
| 1. plank; board | ||
| 木板 - board; plank | ||
| 玻璃 板 - glass board | ||
| 2. blackboard | ||
| 板報 | ||
| 3. sluggish; stiff; inflexible | ||
| 呆板 - sluggish | ||
| 古板 - stuffy; old-fashioned and inflexible | ||
| 4. to harden; hardened | ||
| 5. (internet) board (sub-unit of a larger BBS or imageboard) | ||
| 6. (music) clapper | ||
| 7. (music) beat; meter; rhythm (in music or Chinese opera) | ||
| 行板 - andante | ||
| 散sǎn板 - sanban | ||
| 8. to look serious or displeased | ||
| 9. (literary or Min Nan) wooden coffin | ||
| 10. (Min Nan) ability; capability; talent | ||
| 11. (Suzhou) to have to; must | ||
| 噶 聲 閒話 板 是 俚 說 噶。 - That voice must be his., W-SZ, ref=1993, 蘇州方言詞典, page 19 | ||
| 12. Variant of 闆 | ||
| 闆 | bǎn | |
| 1. Only used in 老闆 | ||
| 2. to look from a door (attn, zh, please check: 門中視) | ||
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Pronunciation
pēn qì shì huá xuě bǎn
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