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Chinese
Etymology 1
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to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw |
gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged |
| trad. (生氣)
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生
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氣
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| simp. (生气)
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生
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气
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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Verb
生⫽氣 (verb-object)
- to be angry; to get upset; to be mad
- 你為這生氣哦。／你为这生气哦。 ― Nǐ wèi zhè shēngqì ò. ― So that's what you're upset about?
我不是生她的氣，而是生自己的氣。 [MSC, trad.]
我不是生她的气，而是生自己的气。 [MSC, simp.]- Wǒ bùshì shēng tā de qì, érshì shēng zìjǐ de qì.
- I'm not angry with her, but I'm angry with myself.
就為這麼一點兒事兒生氣，值當的嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
就为这么一点儿事儿生气，值当的吗？ [MSC, simp.]- Jiù wèi zhème yīdiǎnr shìr shēngqì, zhídàng de ma?
- Is it worth getting angry over such a little thing?
Usage notes
To say "to be angry with somebody", put somebody + 的 (de) in between 生氣: for example 生她的氣 means "to be angry with her".
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
生氣 (“to be angry”)
| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Classical Chinese
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怒
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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生氣
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| Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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生氣
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| Taiwan
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生氣
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| Harbin
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生氣
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| Singapore
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生氣
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| Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)
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生氣
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| Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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生氣
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| Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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生氣, 發氣, 發火兒, 惱火, 發毛, 毛火
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| Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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生氣
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| Xi'an
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生氣, 著氣
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| Xining
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生氣
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| Lanyin Mandarin
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Ürümqi
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生氣, 著氣
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| Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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慪氣, 慪, 生氣, 發氣
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| Wuhan
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慪氣, 慪, 起氣, 氣, 發氣
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| Guiyang
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生氣, 發氣
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| Guilin
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生氣, 發氣
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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生氣
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| Yangzhou
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著氣, 見氣
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| Hefei
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生氣
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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發嬲, 嬲, 激氣
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| Hong Kong
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發嬲, 嬲, 激氣
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| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
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怒氣, 發火, 谷氣
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| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
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谷氣
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| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
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惱
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| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
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谷氣
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| Macau
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嬲
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| Guangzhou (Panyu)
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嬲
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| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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嬲
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| Guangzhou (Conghua)
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嬲
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| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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嬲
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| Foshan
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嬲
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| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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嬲
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| Foshan (Shunde)
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嬲
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| Foshan (Sanshui)
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發嬲
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| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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發嬲
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| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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嬲
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| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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嬲
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| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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嬲
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| Zhuhai (Doumen)
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嬲
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| Jiangmen (Baisha)
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嬲
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| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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嬲
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| Taishan
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嬲
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| Kaiping (Chikan)
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嬲
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| Enping (Niujiang)
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嬲
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| Heshan (Yayao)
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嬲
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| Dongguan
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谷氣
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| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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嬲
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| Shaoguan
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嬲
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| Yunfu
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嬲
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| Yangjiang
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激氣
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| Xinyi
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嬲
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| Lianjiang
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嬲
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| Hepu (Lianzhou)
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屈火
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| Hepu (Shatian)
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生氣, 嬲氣
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| Qinzhou
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發相, 發火, 激, 激氣
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| Qinzhou (Changtan)
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發火, 發氣, 發性, 發火, 冒火, 火冒, 極, 極氣
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| Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)
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發性, 激氣
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| Beihai
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發脾氣
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| Beihai (Nankang)
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嬲
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| Beihai (Yingpan)
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嬲
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| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
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嬲, 發性
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| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
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嬲
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| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
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嬲
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| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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撞火
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| Singapore (Guangfu)
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嬲
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| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
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嬲
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| Móng Cái
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嬲
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| Yangon (Taishan)
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嬲
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| Mandalay (Taishan)
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發氣
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| Gan
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Nanchang
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著氣
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| Lichuan
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發氣, 著氣
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| Pingxiang
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見氣, 發氣
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| Hakka
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Meixian
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激氣, 閼, 發譴
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| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
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嬲
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| Dongguan (Qingxi)
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閼
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| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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嬲
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| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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嬲
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| Wengyuan
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閼
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| Liannan
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發性
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| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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發嬲
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| Jiexi
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閼
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| Changting
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氣
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| Wuping (Yanqian)
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惱, 發火
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| Ninghua
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生氣
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| Yudu
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發氣
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| Ningdu
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氣
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| Tonggu (Sandu)
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著氣
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| Ganzhou (Panlong)
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著急
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| Dayu
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發火
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| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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譴, 發閼, 發譴, 受氣
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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譴, 發譴, 受氣
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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閼, 發閼, 發譴, 受氣
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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譴, 發閼, 發譴, 受氣
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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閼, 發閼, 發譴, 受氣
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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氣, 發性, 受氣
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| Hong Kong
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發火
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| Luchuan
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火起
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| Senai (Huiyang)
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嬲
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| Singapore (Dabu)
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生氣
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| Huizhou
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Jixi
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發響, 見氣
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| Jin
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Taiyuan
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生氣
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| Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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燒色, 急
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| Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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受氣
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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受氣, 起歹面
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| Xiamen (Tong'an)
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受氣
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| Zhao'an
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生氣
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| Taipei
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受氣
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| New Taipei (Sanxia)
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受氣
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| Kaohsiung
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受氣
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| Yilan
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受氣
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| Changhua (Lukang)
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受氣, 惱氣
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| Taichung
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受氣
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| Tainan
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受氣
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| Hsinchu
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受氣
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| Kinmen
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受氣
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| Penghu (Magong)
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受氣
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| Penang (Hokkien)
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起癀
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| Singapore (Hokkien)
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受氣
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| Manila (Hokkien)
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受氣
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| Chaozhou
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生氣, 氣
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| Shantou
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生氣
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| Jieyang
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生氣, 激氣
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| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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生氣
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| Singapore (Teochew)
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生氣, 氣, 受氣
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| Wu
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Shanghai
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生氣, 見氣
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| Suzhou
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動氣, 氣
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| Danyang
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生氣, 見氣
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| Wenzhou
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生氣, 氣, 急
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| Jinhua
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生氣, 見氣
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| Xiang
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Changsha
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發氣, 見氣, 發脾氣
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| Shuangfeng
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發氣
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- 上火 (shànghuǒ) (dialectal Mandarin)
- 使性地 (sái-sìng-tē) (Hokkien)
- 使性子 (shǐ xìngzi)
- 使氣 / 使气 (shǐqì)
- 使癖 (Hokkien)
- 使頸 / 使颈 (sai2 geng2) (Cantonese)
- 冒煙 / 冒烟 (màoyān) (colloquial)
- 動怒 / 动怒 (dòngnù)
- 受氣 / 受气 (siū-khì) (Hokkien)
- 嗔怒 (chēnnù)
- 大怒 (dànù)
- 奭 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
- 威怒 (wēinù) (literary)
- 尥蹶子 (liàojuězi)
- 𡳞火 (Hokkien, vulgar)
- 弄性子 (nòng xìngzi) (colloquial)
- 忿懥 (fènzhì) (literary)
- 怒 (nù) (literary, or in compounds)
- 急 (jí)
- 急眼 (jíyǎn) (colloquial)
- 惱怒 / 恼怒 (nǎonù)
- 惹氣 / 惹气 (rěqì)
- 惱火 / 恼火 (nǎohuǒ)
- 戳火 (cuah4 hue2) (Jin)
- 掛氣 / 挂气 (guàqì) (dialectal)
- 暴怒 (bàonù) (to explode in anger)
- 有氣 / 有气 (yǒuqì)
- 氣 / 气
- 氣惱 / 气恼 (qìnǎo)
- 火大 (huǒdà)
- 火癀 (Hokkien)
- 燒色 / 烧色 (chiáu-să̤) (Northern Min)
- 爆氣 / 爆气
- 犯脾氣 / 犯脾气 (fàn píqi) (colloquial)
- 狂怒 (kuángnù) (to explode in anger)
- 癀發 / 癀发 (Hokkien)
- 發呴 / 发呴 (7faq 1heu) (Wu)
- 發性地 / 发性地 (Hokkien)
- 發火 / 发火 (fāhuǒ)
- 發癀 / 发癀 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 發老脾 / 发老脾 (faat3 lou5 pei4-2) (Cantonese)
- 發脾四 / 发脾四 (faat3 pei4 sei3) (Cantonese)
- 發脾氣 / 发脾气 (fā píqi)
- 發臉 / 发脸 (Hokkien)
- 發輦 / 发辇 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 發飆 / 发飙 (fābiāo) (colloquial)
- 盛怒 (shèngnù)
- 瞋恚 (chēnhuì) (Classical Chinese)
- 耍態度 / 耍态度 (shuǎ tàidù) (colloquial)
- 耍脾氣 / 耍脾气 (shuǎ píqi)
- 苦氣 / 苦气 (Hokkien)
- 見氣 / 见气 (Yangzhou Mandarin, Pingxiang Gan, Huizhou, Pingxiang Gan, Wu, Pingxiang Gan, Xiang, Pingxiang Gan)
- 起性 (Hokkien)
- 起性地 (Hokkien)
- 起火
- 起花光 (kī-huă-guŏng) (Eastern Min)
- 震怒 (zhènnù)
- 鬧脾氣 / 闹脾气 (nào píqi)
- 不平 (bùpíng)
- 不滿 / 不满 (bùmǎn)
- 受氣 / 受气 (siū-khì) (Hokkien, Teochew)
- 嬲 (Cantonese)
- 嬲爆爆 (nau1 baau3 baau3) (Cantonese)
- 怒 (nù) (literary, or in compounds)
- 怒憤 / 怒愤 (nùfèn) (literary)
- 悻悻 (xìngxìng) (literary)
- 悻然 (xìngrán) (literary)
- 憤怒 / 愤怒 (fènnù)
- 憤慨 / 愤慨 (fènkǎi)
- 憤懣 / 愤懑 (fènmèn)
- 氣呼呼 / 气呼呼 (qìhūhū)
- 氣奪奪 / 气夺夺 (Hokkien)
- 氣怫怫 / 气怫怫 (Hokkien)
- 氣憤 / 气愤 (qìfèn)
- 氣掣掣 / 气掣掣 (Hokkien)
- 氣沖沖 / 气冲冲 (qìchōngchōng)
- 激心 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 火大 (huǒdà)
Etymology 2
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to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw |
gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged |
| trad. (生氣)
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生
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氣
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生
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气
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Pronunciation
Noun
生氣
- life; vitality; animation
Synonyms
- 朝氣 / 朝气 (zhāoqì)
- 活力 (huólì)
- 活氣 / 活气 (huóqì)
- 生命力 (shēngmìnglì)
- 生意 (shēngyì) (literary)
- 生機 / 生机 (shēngjī)
Antonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 3
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to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw |
gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged |
| trad. (生氣)
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生
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氣
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| simp. (生气)
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生
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气
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Pronunciation
Adjective
生氣
- (Hokkien) having an unpleasant, wild taste (of cooked food)
- (Xiamen Hokkien) rigid and unamiable
- (Quanzhou Hokkien) rash and lacking in common sense
Etymology 4
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to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw |
gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged |
| trad. (生氣)
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生
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氣
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| simp. (生气)
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生
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气
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Pronunciation
Verb
生氣
- (Xiamen Hokkien) to make trouble; to create a disturbance
Synonyms
Etymology 5
Pronunciation
Noun
生氣
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) intake gas (of a vehicle)
Antonyms
Derived terms
Japanese
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