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气泵qì bèng
air pump
Definitions
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| 气泵 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 氣泵 | |
| 氣泵 | qìbèng |
| 1. n. air pump | |
| 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) | |
| 泵 | bèng |
| 1. pump | |
| 2. to pump | |
| 3. (Cantonese) (Onomatopoeia for an explosion.) | |
| 泵bam6 一聲 噉 爆炸 - to explode with a boom | |
Pronunciation
qì bèng
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