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Chinese
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spleen
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gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged |
| trad. (脾氣)
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脾
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氣
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| simp. (脾气)
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脾
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气
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Pronunciation
Noun
脾氣
- temperament; attitude; disposition
- temper; bad temper
- 脾氣暴躁／脾气暴躁 ― píqì bàozào ― to have a bad temper
脾氣不好的人很難處。 [MSC, trad.]
脾气不好的人很难处。 [MSC, simp.]- Píqi bùhǎo de rén hěn nánchǔ.
- People with bad tempers are hard to get along with.
Synonyms
- 天性 (tiānxìng)
- 常性 (chángxìng)
- 性地 (xìngdì) (literary or Min Nan)
- 性子 (xìngzi)
- 性情 (xìngqíng)
- 情性 (qíngxìng) (literary)
- 本性 (běnxìng)
- 本質／本质 (běnzhì)
- 氣性／气性
- 率性 (shuàixìng) (literary)
- 理 (lǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
- 癖 (Hokkien, Teochew)
- 癖鼻 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 秉性 (bǐngxìng)
- 稟性／禀性 (bǐngxìng)
- 稟氣／禀气 (bǐngqì) (literary)
- 素性 (sùxìng)
- 腸子／肠子 (chángzi) (figurative)
- 量草 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
Derived terms