意氣

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Chinese

idea; meaning; wish
idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
 
gas; air; smell
gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make sb. angry; to get angry; to be enraged
 
trad. (意氣)
simp. (意气)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (34) (29)
Final () (19) (20)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter 'iH khj+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔɨH/ /kʰɨiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔɨH/ /kʰɨiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔieH/ /kʰiəiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔɨH/ /kʰɨjH/
Li
Rong
/ʔiəH/ /kʰiəiH/
Wang
Li
/ĭəH/ /kʰĭəiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔiH/ /kʰe̯iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ji3 hei3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔiH › ‹ khjɨjH ›
Old
Chinese
/*ʔ(r)ək-s/ /*C.qʰəp-s/
English thought (n.) cloudy vapors

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 15153 10140
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qɯɡs/ /*kʰɯds/

Noun

意氣

  1. spirit; enthusiasm
  2. inclination; disposition
  3. morale; sentiment

Derived terms