喪氣

Chinese

		lose (by death); mourning; funeral	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (喪氣)		喪	氣
simp. (丧气)		丧	气

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sàngqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄤˋ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): song³ hei³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sòng-khì
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵saon-chi₅

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sàngqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄤˋ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sàngcì
    • Wade–Giles: sang⁴-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: sàng-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanqchih
    • Palladius: санци (sanci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: song³ hei³
    • Yale: song hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: song³ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: song³ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔːŋ³³ hei̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sòng-khì
    • Tâi-lô: sòng-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sorngqix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵saon-chi₅
    • MiniDict: saon^去 chi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²saan-qi₂
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɑ̃³³ t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: sangH khj+jH

Rime
Character	喪	氣
Reading #	2/2	1/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	蘇浪切	去旣切
Baxter	sangH	khj+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑŋH/	/kʰɨiH/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑŋH/	/kʰɨiH/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑŋH/	/kʰiəiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/saŋH/	/kʰɨjH/
Li Rong	/sɑŋH/	/kʰiəiH/
Wang Li	/sɑŋH/	/kʰĭəiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/sɑŋH/	/kʰe̯iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sàng	qì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	song3	hei3

Verb

喪氣

1. to feel disheartened; to lose heart; to become crestfallen

Synonyms

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• 嘔興／呕兴 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 失望 (shīwàng)
• 慼心／戚心 (“chheh-sim”) (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 掃興／扫兴
• 敗興／败兴 (bàixìng)
• 死空 (Hokkien)
• 死窟 (Hokkien)
• 死蕩蕩／死荡荡 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 氣餒／气馁 (qìněi)
• 洩勁／泄劲 (xièjìn)
• 洩氣／泄气 (xièqì)
• 灰心 (huīxīn)
• 無望／无望 (wúwàng)
• 絕望／绝望 (juéwàng)

 

Derived terms

• 垂頭喪氣／垂头丧气 (chuítóusàngqì)
• 灰心喪氣／灰心丧气 (huīxīnsàngqì)

 

Adjective

喪氣

1. disheartened; dejected; dispirited

Synonyms

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• 低沉 (dīchén)
• 低落 (dīluò)
• 冷館／冷馆 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 壓抑／压抑 (yāyì)
• 失望 (shīwàng)
• 失落 (shīluò)
• 寡歡／寡欢 (guǎhuān)
• 幽鬱／幽郁 (yōuyù) (archaic)
• 悒鬱／悒郁 (yìyù) (literary)
• 悒鬱寡歡／悒郁寡欢 (yìyùguǎhuān)
• 愁悶／愁闷 (chóumèn)
• 憂悶／忧闷 (yōumèn)
• 慘沮／惨沮 (cǎnjǔ) (literary)
• 憂鬱／忧郁 (yōuyù)
• 憋悶／憋闷
• 懊喪／懊丧 (àosàng)
• 抑鬱／抑郁 (yìyù)
• 沉悶／沉闷 (chénmèn)
• 沉抑 (chényì)
• 沉鬱／沉郁 (chényù) (literary)
• 沮喪／沮丧 (jǔsàng)
• 消極／消极 (xiāojí)
• 消沉 (xiāochén)
• 灰 (huī) (literary, or in compounds)
• 灰心 (huīxīn)
• 灰心喪氣／灰心丧气 (huīxīnsàngqì)
• 煩悶／烦闷 (fánmèn)
• 神傷／神伤 (shénshāng) (literary)
• 索寞 (suǒmò) (literary or Eastern Min)
• 苦悶／苦闷 (kǔmèn)
• 萎靡
• 陰暗／阴暗 (yīn'àn)
• 陰沉／阴沉 (yīnchén)
• 頹唐／颓唐 (tuítáng)
• 頹喪／颓丧 (tuísàng)
• 頹廢／颓废 (tuífèi)
• 鬱悶／郁闷 (yùmèn)
• 鬱鬱／郁郁 (yùyù) (literary)
• 鬱鬱不樂／郁郁不乐 (yùyùbùlè)
• 鬱鬱寡歡／郁郁寡欢 (yùyùguǎhuān)
• 鬱鬱寡歡／郁郁寡欢 (yùyùguǎhuān)
• 齪嘈／龊嘈 (Hokkien)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sàngqi

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄤˋ ˙ㄑㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): song³ hei³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sòng-khì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sàngqi
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄤˋ ˙ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sàngci̊
    • Wade–Giles: sang⁴-chʻi⁵
    • Yale: sàng-chi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanq.chi
    • Palladius: санци (sanci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: song³ hei³
    • Yale: song hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: song³ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: song³ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔːŋ³³ hei̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sòng-khì
    • Tâi-lô: sòng-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sorngqix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi²¹/

Verb

喪氣

1. (informal) to be unlucky; to be out of luck; to have bad luck