优势 優勢 yōu shì superiority / dominance / advantage 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 优越 優越 yōu yuè superior / superiority syn 空空 kōng kōng empty / vacuous / nothing / vacant / in vain / all for nothing / air-to-air (missile) 高下 gāo xià relative superiority (better or worse, stronger or weaker, above or below etc) syn 高低 gāo dī height / level / (music) pitch / relative superiority / propriety / discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低[bu4zhi1 gao1di1]) / no matter what / just / simply (will not ..., must ... etc) / at long last syn 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 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 气 氣 qì gas / air / smell / weather / to make angry / to annoy / to get angry / vital energy / qi syn 空 kōng empty / air / sky / in vain syn 空气 空氣 kōng qì air / atmosphere syn 空中 kōng zhōng in the sky / in the air 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 远航 遠航 yuǎn háng to travel a great distance by sea or air / voyage / long-haul flight 热气球 熱氣球 rè qì qiú hot air balloon 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 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 漏气 漏氣 lòu qì to leak air or gas syn 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 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 空中小姐 kōng zhōng xiǎo jiě stewardess / air hostess syn 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 鸟枪 鳥槍 niǎo qiāng flintlock musket / fowling piece (shotgun) / air gun 纷飞 紛飛 fēn fēi to swirl in the air (of thickly falling snowflakes, flower petals etc) / to flutter about 鼓风机 鼓風機 gǔ fēng jī bellows / ventilator / air blower syn 热风 熱風 rè fēng hot wind / hot air syn 傲气 傲氣 ào qì air of arrogance / haughtiness syn 中将 中將 zhōng jiàng lieutenant general / vice admiral / air marshal 飘然 飄然 piāo rán to float in the air / swiftly / nimbly / easy and relaxed syn 海陆空 海陸空 hǎi lù kòng sea land air (transport, or military operations) 气团 氣團 qì tuán air mass 飘散 飄散 piāo sàn to waft (through the air) / to drift syn 悬空 懸空 xuán kōng to hang in the air / suspended in midair / (fig.) uncertain syn 寒意 hán yì a nip in the air / chilliness 寒流 hán liú cold air current / cold ocean current / cold stream syn 飘舞 飄舞 piāo wǔ to fly up / to dance in the air (of snowflakes, flower petals etc) syn 空中楼阁 空中樓閣 kōng zhōng lóu gé pavilion in the air (idiom) / unrealistic Utopian construction / castles in Spain / imaginary future plans syn 鼓风 鼓風 gǔ fēng a forced draft (of wind, for smelting metal) / blast (in blast furnace) / bellows / to draw air using bellows 扑空 撲空 pū kōng lit. to rush at thin air / fig. to miss one's aim / to have nothing to show for one's troubles syn 邪气 邪氣 xié qì evil influence / unhealthy trend / (a person's) evil air / aura of wickedness / (TCM) pathogenic energy (opposite: 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4], vital energy) syn 萧瑟 蕭瑟 xiāo sè to rustle in the air / to rustle / to sough / bleak / desolate / chilly syn 纳凉 納涼 nà liáng to enjoy the cool air syn 毽子 jiàn zi a kind of shuttlecock used to play games in which it is kept in the air without using the hands, primarily by kicking / game played with such a shuttlecock 通航 tōng háng connected by air, sea traffic or service 