上氣

See also: 上气 and 上気

Chinese

up; on; on top
up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
 
gas; air; smell
gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
 
trad. (上氣) 上 氣
simp. (上气) 上 气

Pronunciation 1

Noun

上氣

  1. (traditional Chinese medicine) upper chi; cardiopulmonary chi

Pronunciation 2

Noun

上氣

  1. (traditional Chinese medicine) abnormal rising of chi; laboured breathing
  2. (Cantonese, slang) nose
Derived terms

Verb

上氣

  1. (literary) to act rashly out of spite
  2. (Cantonese, slang) to smoke (cigarette or drugs)

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 上氣 – see the following entries.
【上気じょうき】
[noun] rush of blood to the head causing one to flush
[noun] such a rush causing one to become frenzied or lose oneself
[verb] to flush
(This term, 上氣, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)
【浮気うわき】
[adjective] fickle, unfaithful, disloyal
[adjective] cheerful and showy; capricious
[noun] extramarital sex, affair, fooling around
[noun] unfaithfulness, infidelity
[noun] capriciousness
[verb] to have an affair
[verb] to be unfaithful, to cheat, to adulterate
Alternative spellings
上気, うわ気
(This term, 上氣, is the kyūjitai of an alternative spelling (上気) of the above term.)
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