心氣

Chinese

		heart; mind	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make sb. angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (心氣)		心	氣
simp. (心气)		心	气

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ hei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sincì
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: syīn-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinchih
    • Palladius: синьци (sinʹci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ hei³
    • Yale: sām hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ hei̯³³/

Noun

心氣

1. intention; thought
2. aspiration

   • 爾時心氣壯，百事謂己能。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     尔时心气壮，百事谓己能。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 9th century, Han Yu, 送侯參謀赴河中幕

     Ěrshí xīnqì zhuàng, bǎishì wèi jǐ néng. [Pinyin]

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3. mood

   • 比如在此歌詩，你的心氣和平，聽者自然悅懌興起。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     比如在此歌诗，你的心气和平，听者自然悦怿兴起。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 16th century, Wang Yangming, 傳習錄

     Bǐrú zài cǐ gēshī, nǐ de xīnqì hépíng, tīngzhě zìrán yuèyì xìngqǐ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

4. tolerance