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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

气 [qì]

1. noun [气体] gas

毒气

poison gas
2. noun [空气] air

这球没气了。

This ball is deflated.
3. noun [气息] breath

上气不接下气

out of breath
4. noun [精神] mood

垂头丧气

be dejected
5. noun [气味] smell

臭气

stink
6. noun [习气] manner

孩子气

childishness

书生气

scholarly manner
7. noun [怒气] anger

忍下这口气

put up with someone's attitude
8. noun [医] qi
9. verb [生气] be angry
10. verb [使生气] provoke

别气我！

Don't provoke me!

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

气 [qì]

1. noun gas

沼气

marsh gas; firedamp; methane; sewage gas; sludge gas
2. noun air

这球气儿挺足。

There's sufficient air in the ball.

自行车前带没气了。

The front tyre of the bike is flat.
3. noun breath

停下来歇口气

stop and catch one's breath

老太太已经没气了。

The old woman has stopped breathing.

长跑运动员需要气儿长。

Long-distance runners require plenty of stamina.
4. noun smell; odour

香气

a sweet smell; fragrance; aroma
5. noun weather

天气

weather
6. noun airs; manner

官气

bureaucratic airs; bureaucratism
7. noun spirit; morale

朝气

youthful spirit; vigour; vitality
8. noun bully; insult

受气

be bullied; suffer wrong
9. verb get angry; be enraged; be annoyed

气得直哆嗦

tremble with rage

气哭了

be annoyed to tears

气坏了

be beside oneself with rage

气出一场病来

have an attack of illness caused by anger
10. verb make angry; enrage; annoy

我故意气他一下。

I got him angry on purpose. or I was deliberately trying to annoy him.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

气 [qì]

1. 名气体的统称

氧气

煤气

毒气

废气

水蒸气。
2. 名特指空气

气压

大气层

气流

给自行车打气。
3. 名指阴晴冷暖等自然现象

天气

气象

气候

秋高气爽。
4. 名气息，呼吸时进出的气

跑得上气不接下气

喘气

咽气。
5. 名气味

香气

臭气

腥气

臊(ｓāｏ)气。
6. 名中国哲学概念，主观唯心主义用来指人的主观精神，朴素唯物主义用来指形成宇宙万物的最基本的物质实体。
7. 名精神状态；气势

一鼓作气

气冲霄汉

勇气

气概

气节。詻
8. 动生气；发怒

气得说不出话来

气哭了

气愤

气恼。
9. 动使生气

故意气我

真气人。
10. 名恼怒的情绪

怒气冲冲

动气

怄气

消消气
11. 名指人的作风和习气

官气

书生气

孩子气

土气

傲气。
12. 名中医术语。a)指人体内运行变化的、能使各种器官正常发挥机能的精微物质

元气

气血。
13. b)指某些病象

湿气

肝气

痰气。

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Examples

屋里太闷，憋得人透不过气来。: The room was so stuffy, one could hardly breathe.
他放轻脚步屏住气向病房走去。: Holding his breath, he stepped lightly towards the ward.
喘不过气来: gasp for breath; be out of breath
吹一口气: give a puff
今天天气真怪，中午比早晨都冷。: Strange weather we're having today, It's even colder at noon than it was early in the morning.
气得直哆嗦: tremble with rage
气得直跺脚: stamp one's foot with fury
他一口气浮到了对岸。: He swam across at one go.
他气得说不出话来，只会干瞪眼。: He was speechless with anger, and could only stand by helplessly.
今天我一口气游了两千米，真过瘾。: Today I really swam to my heart's content. I did 2,000 metres at a stretch.; 193 more results

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