啜氣

Chinese

		drink; taste; sip drink; taste; sip; suck	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (啜氣)		啜	氣
simp. (啜气)		啜	气
alternative forms		切氣／切气 慼気／戚気

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chheh-khùi / chhè-khùi / chhoeh-khùi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheh-khùi
    • Tâi-lô: tsheh-khuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhehquix
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰui¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰui²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhè-khùi
    • Tâi-lô: tshè-khuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhea'quix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰe²¹⁻⁵³ kʰui²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhoeh-khùi
    • Tâi-lô: tshueh-khuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoehquix
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kʰui¹¹/

Verb

啜氣

1. (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to sob

Synonyms

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• 咧咧 (liēlie) (dialectal, of a child)
• 哭 (kū)
• 哭泣 (kūqì)
• 哭訴／哭诉 (kūsù) (to recount tearfully)
• 哭鼻子 (kū bízi) (chiefly Mandarin, colloquial, often humorous)
• 啜泣 (chuòqì)
• 啼 (tí) (literary, or in compounds)
• 啼哭 (tíkū) (to cry loudly)
• 嗆／呛 (Hokkien)
• 嗚咽／呜咽 (wūyè)
• 大哭 (dàkū) (to weep loudly)
• 忽喇 (hueh⁴ ci¹) (Jin)
• 抽咽 (chōuyè)
• 抽噎 (chōuyē)
• 抽搭 (chōuda) (colloquial)
• 抽泣 (chōuqì)
• 泣 (literary, or in compounds)
• 流淚／流泪 (liúlèi) (to shed tears)
• 流眼淚／流眼泪 (liú yǎnlèi) (to shed tears)
• 痛哭 (tòngkū) (to cry bitterly)
• 號哭／号哭 (háokū) (to wail)
• 號啕／号啕 (háotáo) (to cry loudly)
• 飲泣／饮泣 (yǐnqì) (literary, to weep in silence)