"air" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Part of speech Translation Actions
空气 空氣 kōng qì n. air / atmosphere syn
气质 氣質 qì zhì n. personality traits / temperament / disposition / aura / air / feel / vibe / refinement / sophistication / class syn
n., v. gas / air / smell / weather / to make angry / to annoy / to get angry / vital energy / qi syn
kōng adj., adv. empty / air / sky / in vain syn
播出 bō chū to broadcast / to air (a TV program etc) syn
风范 風範 fēng fàn n. air / manner / model / paragon / demeanor syn
气态 氣態 qì tài gaseous state (physics) / manner / air / bearing
to air / to sun syn
gas / air / smell / weather / to make angry / to annoy / to get angry / vital energy / qi / Japanese variant of 氣|气
Chinese Pinyin Part of speech Translation Actions
进口 進口 jìn kǒu v. to import / imported / entrance / inlet (for the intake of air, water etc) syn
机票 機票 jī piào n. air ticket / passenger ticket / CL:張|张[zhang1]
空调 空調 kōng tiáo n. air conditioning / air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) / CL:臺|台[tai2] syn
空中 kōng zhōng n., adj. in the sky / in the air syn
飞翔 飛翔 fēi xiáng v. to circle in the air / to soar syn
气温 氣溫 qì wēn n. air temperature / CL:個|个[ge4]
空军 空軍 kōng jūn n. air force / (slang) to fail to catch anything (on a fishing trip) / to get skunked syn
弥漫 瀰漫 mí màn v. to pervade / to fill the air / diffuse / everywhere present / about to inundate (water) / permeated by (smoke) / filled with (dust) / to saturate (the air with fog, smoke etc) syn
飞机票 飛機票 fēi jī piào air ticket / CL:張|张[zhang1]
中将 中將 zhōng jiàng lieutenant general / vice admiral / air marshal
航线 航線 háng xiàn air or shipping route syn
制冷 製冷 zhì lěng to produce cold air (to cool a room etc) syn
上将 上將 shàng jiàng general / admiral / air chief marshal
充气 充氣 chōng qì to pump air (into sth) / to inflate
气流 氣流 qì liú n. stream of air / airflow / slipstream / draft / breath / turbulence (of aircraft)
暖气 暖氣 nuǎn qì n. central heating / heater / warm air syn
空姐 kōng jiě stewardess / air hostess / female flight attendant / abbr. for 空中小姐 syn
排量 pái liàng discharge volume / engine capacity / engine displacement (volume of air fuel mixture drawn in during one cycle)
半空中 bàn kōng zhōng in midair / in the air syn
装出 裝出 zhuāng chū to assume (an air of)
冷气 冷氣 lěng qì n. cold air / air conditioning syn
飘然 飄然 piāo rán to float in the air / swiftly / nimbly / easy and relaxed syn
气派 氣派 qì pài n., adj. impressive / stylish / magnificent / imposing manner / dignified air syn
气囊 氣囊 qì náng air sac / aerostat gasbag
纷飞 紛飛 fēn fēi to swirl in the air (of thickly falling snowflakes, flower petals etc) / to flutter about
少将 少將 shào jiàng major general / rear admiral / air vice marshal
寒意 hán yì a nip in the air / chilliness
寒气 寒氣 hán qì cold air / a chill one feels in the body (when exposed to cold air) syn
透气 透氣 tòu qì v. to flow freely (of air) / to ventilate / to breathe (of fabric etc) / to take a breath of fresh air / to divulge syn
腾空 騰空 téng kōng to soar / to rise high into the air syn
空运 空運 kōng yùn air transport
下载点 下載點 air point of disembarkation / airport of debarkation
气道 氣道 qì dào flue / air duct / air passage / respiratory tract
悬浮 懸浮 xuán fú to float (in the air etc) / suspension syn
耳目一新 ěr mù yī xīn a pleasant change / a breath of fresh air / refreshing
国航 國航 guó háng Air China (abbr. for 中國國際航空公司|中国国际航空公司[Zhong1 guo2 Guo2 ji4 Hang2 kong1 Gong1 si1])
烟尘 煙塵 yān chén smoke and dust / air pollution syn
傲气 傲氣 ào qì air of arrogance / haughtiness syn
烟消云散 煙消雲散 yān xiāo yún sàn to vanish like smoke in thin air / to disappear 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
气管 氣管 qì guǎn n. windpipe / trachea / respiratory tract / air duct / gas pipe syn
空战 空戰 kōng zhàn air war / air warfare
空气污染 空氣污染 kōng qì wū rǎn air pollution
联队 聯隊 lián duì wing (of an air force) / sports team representing a combination of entities (e.g. United Korea)
空袭 空襲 kōng xí to make an air raid 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
寒流 hán liú cold air current / cold ocean current / cold stream syn
横飞 橫飛 héng fēi (of spittle, blood, bullets etc) to fly through the air
悬空 懸空 xuán kōng to hang in the air / suspended in midair / (fig.) uncertain syn
热风 熱風 rè fēng hot wind / hot air syn
空难 空難 kōng nàn n. air crash / aviation accident or incident
萧瑟 蕭瑟 xiāo sè to rustle in the air / to rustle / to sough / bleak / desolate / chilly syn
通航 tōng háng connected by air, sea traffic or service
远航 遠航 yuǎn háng to travel a great distance by sea or air / voyage / long-haul flight
兜风 兜風 dōu fēng to catch the wind / to go for a spin in the fresh air
风口 風口 fēng kǒu air vent / drafty place / wind gap (geology) / tuyere (furnace air nozzle) / (fig.) hot trend / fad
大气污染 大氣污染 dà qì wū rǎn air pollution / atmospheric pollution
飘舞 飄舞 piāo wǔ to fly up / to dance in the air (of snowflakes, flower petals etc) syn
喷气 噴氣 pēn qì to spurt steam (or air etc) syn
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
空军基地 空軍基地 kōng jūn jī dì air base
吹气 吹氣 chuī qì to blow air (into)
上气不接下气 上氣不接下氣 shàng qì bù jiē xià qì (idiom) to be out of breath / to gasp for air syn
煞气 煞氣 shà qì baleful look / inauspicious influence / (of a tire, balloon etc) to leak air syn
蒸腾 蒸騰 zhēng téng (of a vapor etc) to rise / to hang in the air syn
漏气 漏氣 lòu qì to leak air or gas syn
空调车 空調車 kōng tiáo chē air conditioned vehicle
鼓风机 鼓風機 gǔ fēng jī bellows / ventilator / air blower syn
空气净化器 空氣淨化器 kōng qì jìng huà qì air purifier
领空 領空 lǐng kōng territorial air space
气瓶 氣瓶 qì píng gas cylinder / air bottle / air tank (diving)
气垫 氣墊 qì diàn air cushion (as on hovercraft)
热气球 熱氣球 rè qì qiú hot air balloon
排空 pái kōng to drain out / to empty / to discharge (waste gas) into the air / to soar up into the sky
纳凉 納涼 nà liáng to enjoy the cool air syn
海陆空 海陸空 hǎi lù kòng sea land air (transport, or military operations)
放风 放風 fàng fēng to allow in fresh air / to allow a prisoner out for exercise / to give out information syn
空军一号 空軍一號 kōng jūn yī hào Air Force One, US presidential jet
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
气团 氣團 qì tuán air mass
航展 háng zhǎn air show
空中小姐 kōng zhōng xiǎo jiě stewardess / air hostess syn
净化空气 凈化空氣 clearing of the air
室内空气污染 室內空氣汙染 indoor air pollution
飞贼 飛賊 fēi zéi cat burglar / burglar who gains entrance by scaling walls / intruding enemy airman / air marauder syn
防空洞 fáng kōng dòng air raid shelter / bomb shelter / (fig.) place that protects bad people / hideout
劫机 劫機 jié jī hijacking / air piracy syn
出风口 出風口 chū fēng kǒu air vent / air outlet
bèi prep. 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
飞禽走兽 飛禽走獸 fēi qín zǒu shòu birds and animals / the beasts of the field and the birds of the air syn
气泵 氣泵 qì bèng air pump syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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