空调 空調 kōng tiáo air conditioning / air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) / CL:臺|台[tai2] syn 透气 透氣 tòu qì to flow freely (of air) / to ventilate / to breathe (of fabric etc) / to take a breath of fresh air / to divulge syn 空空 kōng kōng empty / vacuous / nothing / vacant / in vain / all for nothing / air-to-air (missile) 冷气 冷氣 lěng qì cold air / air conditioning syn 风干 風乾 fēng gān to air-dry / to season (timber etc) / air-dried / air-drying 沉淀 沉澱 chén diàn (chemistry) to settle / to precipitate / (chemistry) sediment / precipitate / (fig.) to accumulate syn 风口 風口 fēng kǒu air vent / drafty place / wind gap (geology) / tuyere (furnace air nozzle) / (fig.) hot trend / fad 寒气 寒氣 hán qì cold air / a chill one feels in the body (when exposed to cold air) syn 空战 空戰 kōng zhàn air war / air warfare 空对空 air to air 气道 氣道 qì dào flue / air duct / air passage / respiratory tract 气瓶 氣瓶 qì píng gas cylinder / air bottle / air tank (diving) 出风口 出風口 chū fēng kǒu air vent / air outlet 空空导弹 空空導彈 kōng kōng dǎo dàn air-to-air missile 空防 kōng fáng air force / air defense 做 zuò to make / to produce / to write / to compose / to do / to engage in / to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc) / to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as / to be used for / to assume (an air or manner) syn 被 bèi quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu:3you2] to "go on a trip") syn 次 cì next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time syn 新 xīn new / newly / meso- (chemistry) syn 气 氣 qì gas / air / smell / weather / to make angry / to annoy / to get angry / vital energy / qi syn 根 gēn root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL:條|条[tiao2] / radical (chemistry) syn 空 kōng empty / air / sky / in vain syn 空气 空氣 kōng qì air / atmosphere syn 基 jī (bound form) base / foundation / (bound form) radical (chemistry) / (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese) syn 空中 kōng zhōng in the sky / in the air syn 化学 化學 huà xué chemistry / chemical syn 价 價 jià price / value / (chemistry) valence syn 机票 機票 jī piào air ticket / passenger ticket / CL:張|张[zhang1] 空军 空軍 kōng jūn air force / (slang) to fail to catch anything (on a fishing trip) / to get skunked syn 播出 bō chū to broadcast / to air (a TV program etc) syn 取代 qǔ dài to replace / to supersede / to supplant / (chemistry) substitution syn 元素 yuán sù element (key component of sth) / (chemistry) element / (math.) element (member of a set) syn 澄清 dèng qīng to settle (of liquid) / to become clear (by precipitation of impurities) / precipitate (chemistry) / to put in order / to quell disturbances syn 飞翔 飛翔 fēi xiáng to circle in the air / to soar syn 兜风 兜風 dōu fēng to catch the wind / to go for a spin in the fresh air 品质 品質 pǐn zhì character / intrinsic quality (of a person) / quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc) syn 气质 氣質 qì zhì personality traits / temperament / disposition / aura / air / feel / vibe / refinement / sophistication / class syn 上将 上將 shàng jiàng general / admiral / air chief marshal 航线 航線 háng xiàn air or shipping route syn 活泼 活潑 huó po lively / vivacious / brisk / active / (chemistry) reactive syn 摩尔 摩爾 mó ěr mole (chemistry) 进口 進口 jìn kǒu to import / imported / entrance / inlet (for the intake of air, water etc) syn 空姐 kōng jiě abbr. for 空中小姐 / stewardess / air hostess / female flight attendant syn 暖气 暖氣 nuǎn qì central heating / heater / warm air syn 渗透 滲透 shèn tòu (lit. and fig.) to permeate / to seep into / (of a product, idea etc) to penetrate (in a population) / (of hostile forces) to infiltrate / (chemistry) osmosis syn 空袭 空襲 kōng xí to make an air raid syn 气管 氣管 qì guǎn windpipe / trachea / respiratory tract / air duct / gas pipe syn 气温 氣溫 qì wēn air temperature / CL:個|个[ge4] 通风口 通風口 tōng fēng kǒu air vent / opening for ventilation 转化 轉化 zhuǎn huà to change / to turn / to convert / (genetics) to transform / (chemistry) isomerization syn 气流 氣流 qì liú stream of air / airflow / slipstream / draft / breath / turbulence (of aircraft) 充气 充氣 chōng qì to pump air (into sth) / to inflate 还原 還原 huán yuán to restore to the original state / to reconstruct (an event) / reduction (chemistry) syn 劫机 劫機 jié jī hijacking / air piracy syn 风范 風範 fēng fàn air / manner / model / paragon / demeanor syn 空运 空運 kōng yùn air transport 母体 母體 mǔ tǐ (zoology, medicine) mother's body / (chemistry etc) parent / matrix / (statistics) population / parent population 气囊 氣囊 qì náng air sac / aerostat gasbag 烟消云散 煙消雲散 yān xiāo yún sàn to vanish like smoke in thin air / to disappear syn 防空洞 fáng kōng dòng air raid shelter / bomb shelter / (fig.) place that protects bad people / hideout 喷气 噴氣 pēn qì to spurt steam (or air etc) syn 放风 放風 fàng fēng to allow in fresh air / to allow a prisoner out for exercise / to give out information syn 活性 huó xìng (chemistry) activity / active / activated 飞机票 飛機票 fēi jī piào air ticket / CL:張|张[zhang1] 领空 領空 lǐng kōng territorial air space 少将 少將 shào jiàng major general / rear admiral / air vice marshal 甲基 jiǎ jī methyl group (chemistry) 远航 遠航 yuǎn háng to travel a great distance by sea or air / voyage / long-haul flight 溶液 róng yè solution (chemistry) 热气球 熱氣球 rè qì qiú hot air balloon 诱导 誘導 yòu dǎo to induce / to encourage / to provide guidance / (medicine, chemistry) to induce syn 空难 空難 kōng nàn air crash / aviation accident or incident 悬浮 懸浮 xuán fú to float (in the air etc) / suspension syn 气派 氣派 qì pài impressive / stylish / magnificent / imposing manner / dignified air syn 气枪 氣槍 qì qiāng an air gun 腾空 騰空 téng kōng to soar / to rise high into the air syn 耳目一新 ěr mù yī xīn a pleasant change / a breath of fresh air / refreshing 微量元素 wēi liàng yuán sù trace element (chemistry) 两性 兩性 liǎng xìng male and female / both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc) / (chemistry) amphoteric 联队 聯隊 lián duì wing (of an air force) / sports team representing a combination of entities (e.g. United Korea) 飞贼 飛賊 fēi zéi cat burglar / burglar who gains entrance by scaling walls / intruding enemy airman / air marauder syn 字样 字樣 zì yàng model or template character / written slogan or phrase / mention (e.g. "air mail" 航空 on a letter, "first draft" 初稿 on a document etc) syn 聚合 jù hé to come together (to form sth) / to assemble together / (chemistry) to polymerize syn 漏气 漏氣 lòu qì to leak air or gas syn 降解 jiàng jiě (chemistry) degradation / to degrade 气孔 氣孔 qì kǒng air-bubble / pore / stoma 目中无人 目中無人 mù zhōng wú rén to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom) / so arrogant that no-one else matters / condescending / to go about with one's nose in the air syn 撒气 撒氣 sā qì to leak (of air) / to go flat (of a tire) / to vent one's anger syn 气垫 氣墊 qì diàn air cushion (as on hovercraft) 憋气 憋氣 biē qì to hold one's breath / to feel suffocated (for lack of air) / choked with bottled-up resentment syn 制冷 zhì lěng to produce cold air (to cool a room etc) syn 中和 zhōng hé to neutralize / to counteract / neutralization (chemistry) syn 烟尘 煙塵 yān chén smoke and dust / air pollution syn 三军 三軍 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force syn 亲和力 親和力 qīn hé lì (personal) warmth / approachability / accessibility / (in a product) user friendliness / (chemistry) affinity 空中小姐 kōng zhōng xiǎo jiě stewardess / air hostess syn 载体 載體 zài tǐ carrier (chemistry) / vector (epidemiology) / vehicle or medium 单体 單體 dān tǐ monomer (chemistry) 曝露 pù lù to expose (to the air, light etc) / to leave uncovered / exposure syn 气态 氣態 qì tài gaseous state (physics) / manner / air / bearing 