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废气fèi qì
exhaust
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 废气 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 廢氣 | ||
| 廢氣 | fèiqì | |
| 1. n. waste gas; steam; exhaust fume | ||
| 廢氣 處chǔ理 設備 - waste gas treatment equipment | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| exhaust | ||
| 1. 用尽，耗尽，竭力，使衰竭，使精疲力竭，排干 | ||
| Components | ||
| 废 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 廢 | ||
| 2. Simplified form of 癈 | ||
| 廢 | fèi | |
| 1. to abandon; to abrogate; to abolish | ||
| 2. abandoned; deserted | ||
| 3. to stop; to terminate | ||
| 4. to oust; to dethrone | ||
| 5. disabled; handicapped; crippled | ||
| 6. useless; disused | ||
| 7. waste; unwanted material | ||
| 8. dejected; dispirited | ||
| 癈 | fèi | |
| 1. chronic illness | ||
| 2. becoming crippled | ||
| 3. usage. Rare in modern use. Usually replaced by 廢. | ||
| 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) | ||
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Pronunciation
fèi qì
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