取氣

取氣

Chinese

		to take; to get; to choose to take; to get; to choose; to fetch	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make sb. angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (取氣)		取	氣
simp. (取气)		取	气

Pronunciation

• Min Bei (KCR): chiǔ-ki̿

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• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chiǔ-ki̿
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiu²¹ kʰi³³/

Verb

取氣

1. (Min Bei) to breathe

Synonyms

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吸氣／吸气 (xīqì) (to inhale) 呼吸 (hūxī) 呼氣／呼气 (hūqì) (to exhale)

喘氣／喘气 (chuǎnqì) (to pant) 透氣／透气 (tòuqì) (to breathe in fresh air)

Dialectal synonyms of 呼吸 (“to breathe”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		呼吸
Mandarin	Beijing	呼吸
	Taiwan	呼吸
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唞氣
Min Bei	Jian'ou	取氣
Min Nan	Xiamen	喘氣
	Quanzhou	喘氣
	Zhangzhou	喘氣
	Taipei	喘氣
	Penang (Hokkien)	喘氣
	Philippines (Manila Hokkien)	喘氣, 呼吸