空氣

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See also: 空気 and 空气

Chinese

emptied; leisure; air
emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
 
gas; air; smell
gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
 
trad. (空氣)
simp. (空气)
alternative forms 空炁 archaic
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Pronunciation 1



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/2
Initial () (29) (29)
Final () (1) (20)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter khuwng khj+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰuŋ/ /kʰɨiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰuŋ/ /kʰɨiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰuŋ/ /kʰiəiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰəwŋ/ /kʰɨjH/
Li
Rong
/kʰuŋ/ /kʰiəiH/
Wang
Li
/kʰuŋ/ /kʰĭəiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kʰuŋ/ /kʰe̯iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kōng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hung1 hei3

Noun

空氣

  1. (meteorology) air
    空氣質量空气质量  ―  kōngqì zhìliàng  ―  air quality
    空氣流通空气流通  ―  kōngqì liútōng  ―  air circulation; ventilation
    呼吸新鮮空氣呼吸新鲜空气  ―  hūxī xīnxiān kōngqì  ―  to breathe in fresh air
    污染空氣污染空气  ―  bèi wūrǎn de kōngqì  ―  polluted air
  2. (Taoism) empty qi; pneuma
  3. (figurative) atmosphere; ambience; environment
  4. (figurative) public opinion; information; rumour
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Descendants
Sino-Xenic (空氣):

Pronunciation 2


Noun

空氣

  1. (Hokkien) thing; matter; affair (bad)
    什物空氣 [Hokkien, trad.]
    什物空气 [Hokkien, simp.]
    Lí tī pìⁿ sím-mi̍h khang-khùi? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    What are you doing?
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Japanese

Kanji in this term
くう
Grade: 1

Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Noun

(くう)() (kūki

  1. Kyūjitai form of 空気: air, atmosphere; atmosphere, mood

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

空氣 (gonggi) (hangeul 공기)

  1. hanja form? of 공기 (air)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

空氣

  1. chữ Hán form of không khí (air).