"Air" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 kōng qì air / atmosphere
 bō chū to broadcast / to air (a TV program etc)
 fēng fàn air / manner / model / paragon / demeanor
 qì tài gaseous state (physics) / manner / air / bearing
 qì gas / air / smell / weather / to make angry / to annoy / to get angry / vital energy / qi
 jìn kǒu to import / imported / entrance / inlet (for the intake of air, water etc)
 jī piào air ticket / passenger ticket / CL:張|张[zhang1]
 kāi tōng to open up (windows for air, ideas for discussion, transportation routes etc)
 kōng tiáo air conditioning / air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) / CL:臺|台[tai2]
 kōng zhōng in the sky / in the air
 fēi xiáng to circle in the air / to soar
 qì wēn air temperature / CL:個|个[ge4]
 kōng jūn air force
 fēi jī piào air ticket / CL:張|张[zhang1]
 zhōng jiàng lieutenant general / vice admiral / air marshal
线 háng xiàn air or shipping route
 shàng jiàng general / admiral / air chief marshal
 qì liú stream of air / airflow / slipstream / draft / breath / turbulence (of aircraft)
 nuǎn qì central heating / heater / warm air
 kōng jiě abbr. for 空中小姐 / stewardess / air hostess / female flight attendant
 pái liàng discharge volume / engine capacity / engine displacement (volume of air fuel mixture drawn in during one cycle)
 bàn kōng zhōng in midair / in the air
 zhuāng chū to assume (an air of)
 lěng qì air conditioning (Tw)
 piāo rán to float in the air / swiftly / nimbly / easy and relaxed
 qì pài impressive / stylish / magnificent / imposing manner / dignified air
 qì náng air sac / aerostat gasbag
 fēn fēi to swirl in the air (of thickly falling snowflakes, flower petals etc) / to flutter about
 shào jiàng major general / rear admiral / air vice marshal
 hán yì a nip in the air / chilliness
 hán qì cold air
 tòu qì to flow freely (of air) / to ventilate / to breathe (of fabric etc) / to take a breath of fresh air / to divulge
 téng kōng to soar / to rise high into the air
 kōng yùn air transport
  air point of disembarkation / airport of debarkation
 qì dào flue / air duct / air passage / respiratory tract
 xuán fú to float (in the air etc) / suspension
 ěr mù yī xīn a pleasant change / a breath of fresh air / refreshing
 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])
 yān chén smoke and dust / air pollution
 ào qì air of arrogance / haughtiness
 yān xiāo yún sàn to vanish like smoke in thin air / to disappear
 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
 qì guǎn windpipe / trachea / respiratory tract / air duct / gas pipe
 kōng zhàn air war / air warfare
 háng chéng flight / passage / sea or air distance
 kōng qì wū rǎn air pollution
 lián duì wing (of an air force) / sports team representing a combination of entities (e.g. United Korea)
 kōng xí air raid / attack from the air
 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)
 hán liú cold air current / cold ocean current / cold stream
 xuán kōng to hang in the air / suspended in midair / (fig.) uncertain
 rè fēng hot wind / hot air
 kōng nàn air crash / aviation accident or incident
 xiāo sè to rustle in the air / to rustle / to sough / bleak / desolate / chilly
 tōng háng connected by air, sea traffic or service
 yuǎn háng to travel a great distance by sea or air / voyage / long-haul flight
 dōu fēng to catch the wind / to go for a spin in the fresh air
 fēng kǒu air vent / drafty place / wind gap (geology) / tuyere (furnace air nozzle) / (fig.) hot trend / fad
 dà qì wū rǎn air pollution / atmospheric pollution
 piāo wǔ to fly up / to dance in the air (of snowflakes, flower petals etc)
 pēn qì jet / blast of air / spurt of gas
 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
 kōng jūn jī dì air base
 chuī qì to blow air (into)
 shàng qì bù jiē xià qì out of breath (idiom) / to gasp for air
 shà qì baleful look / inauspicious influence / (of a tire, balloon etc) to leak air
 zhēng téng (of a vapor etc) to rise / to hang in the air
 lòu qì to leak air or gas
 kōng tiáo chē air conditioned vehicle
 gǔ fēng jī bellows / ventilator / air blower
 kōng qì jìng huà qì air purifier
 lǐng kōng territorial air space
 qì píng gas cylinder / air bottle / air tank (diving)
 qì diàn air cushion (as on hovercraft)
 rè qì qiú hot air balloon
 pái kōng to drain out / to empty / to discharge (waste gas) into the air / to soar up into the sky
 nà liáng to enjoy the cool air
 hǎi lù kòng sea land air (transport, or military operations)
 fàng fēng to allow in fresh air / to allow a prisoner out for exercise / to give out information
 Kōng jūn Yī hào Air Force One, US presidential jet
 kōng zhōng lóu gé pavilion in the air (idiom) / unrealistic Utopian construction / castles in Spain / imaginary future plans
 qì tuán air mass
 háng zhǎn air show
 kōng zhōng xiǎo jiě stewardess / air hostess
  clearing of the air
  indoor air pollution
 fēi zéi cat burglar / burglar who gains entrance by scaling walls / intruding enemy airman / air marauder
 jié jī hijacking / air piracy
 chū fēng kǒu air vent / air outlet
 fēi qín zǒu shòu birds and animals / the beasts of the field and the birds of the air
 qì bèng air pump
 tōng fēng kǒu air vent / opening for ventilation
 Bó Gǔ Bo Gu (1907-1946), Soviet-trained Chinese Communist, journalist and propagandist, 1930s Left adventurist, subsequently rehabilitated, killed in air crash
 pù lù to expose (to the air, light etc) / to leave uncovered / exposure
 gǔ fēng a forced draft (of wind, for smelting metal) / blast (in blast furnace) / bellows / to draw air using bellows
 pū kōng lit. to rush at thin air / fig. to miss one's aim / to have nothing to show for one's troubles
 háng cì air or sea voyage (seen as an individual, countable item) / flight / voyage / CL:個|个[ge4]
 lěng qì jī air conditioner
 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)
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