岔氣

Chinese

		branch in a road; astray; diverge	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make sb. angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (岔氣)		岔	氣
simp. (岔气)		岔	气

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chàqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˋ ㄑㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chàqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chàcì
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa⁴-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: chà-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chahchih
    • Palladius: чаци (čaci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chàqìr
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋ ㄑㄧˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chàcìr
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa⁴-chʻi⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: chà-chìr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chahchiell
    • Palladius: чацир (čacir)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰiə̯ɻ⁵¹/

Verb

岔⫽氣 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to feel a pain in the flanks; to have side stitch; to have side ache

   • 林黛玉笑岔了氣，伏著桌子呌[[噯{#Chinese|噯{]][[}喲#Chinese|}喲]]。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     林黛玉笑岔了气，伏着桌子叫[[嗳{#Chinese|嗳{]][[}哟#Chinese|}哟]]。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE

     Lín Dàiyù xiào chà le qì, fú zhe zhuōzi jiào ǎi{}'àiyō/àiyāo. [Pinyin]

     Lin Daiyu laughed so hard that she felt a pain in her sides, and she leaned on the table, groaning.