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气候qì hòu
weather
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
气候 | ||
1. Simplified form of 氣候 | ||
氣候 | qìhòu | |
1. n. climate (an area's typical weather pattern) | ||
氣候 變化 - climate change | ||
2. n. climate (a particular situation) | ||
政治 氣候 - political climate | ||
3. n. (literary) the twenty-four solar terms and 72 pentads | ||
4. n. (literary, figuratively) season (of the year) | ||
5. n. (literary) weather | ||
6. n. (literary, figuratively) prospects; accomplishments | ||
7. n. (literary) style (of a painting, piece of calligraphy, etc.); tone; spirit; character | ||
8. n. (literary) appearance and bearing (of a person) | ||
English > Chinese | ||
weather | ||
1. 名词. 天氣 | ||
Components | ||
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) | ||
候 | hòu | |
1. to reconnoitre; to scout | ||
2. to observe; to survey | ||
3. to wait for; to await | ||
4. to respectfully await | ||
5. to visit; to send one's respects to | ||
6. to wait on; to attend to; to take care of | ||
7. to forecast; to predict (by divination) | ||
8. (historical) scout; lookout; vanguard | ||
9. (historical) Alternative form of 堠 (fortress) | ||
10. (historical) official | ||
11. (historical) posthouse; station | ||
12. (historical) pentad (ancient time unit composed of five days) | ||
13. climate; season | ||
14. omen; sign; portent | ||
15. (TCM) to examine (pulse) | ||
16. (TCM) medical sign and symptom | ||
17. (dialectal) to pay for (a bill) | ||
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qì hòu
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