# 清氣
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chheng-khì
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cêng$^1$ ki$^3$ / cêng$^1$ kih$^4$
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-khì
*** Tâi-lô: tshing-khì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhengqix
*** IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰeŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰi²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰi¹¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ kʰi⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: cêng$^1$ ki$^3$ / cêng$^1$ kih$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsheng khì / tsheng khih
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰeŋ³³⁻²³ kʰi²¹³/, /t͡sʰeŋ³³⁻²³ kʰiʔ²/

### Adjective

清氣
* (Southern Min, dialectal Eastern Min, Puxian Min, Central Min) clean

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 乾淨, 清潔, 潔淨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 乾淨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 乾淨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 乾淨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 乾淨 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 乾淨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 乾淨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 乾淨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 乾淨, 寧馨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 乾淨, 清爽 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 乾淨, 清亮 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 乾淨 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 乾淨 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 乾淨, 虔誠 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 淨, 伶俐 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 乾淨 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 乾淨 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 淨, 伶俐 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 淨俐, 伶俐 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 淨俐, 伶俐 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 淨俐, 伶俐 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 淨俐, 伶俐 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 淨俐, 伶俐 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 淨俐, 伶俐 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 乾淨 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 伶俐 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 伶俐 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 澈潔, 澈 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 澈 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 澈潔 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 澈潔 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 澈潔 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 澈 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 清氣 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 澈, 澈潔 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 澈潔 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 澈潔 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 澈潔 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 澈, 澈潔, 清氣 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 清氣 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 澈潔, 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 清氣 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 澈, 澈潔 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 澈, 澈潔 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 澈氣 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 澈 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 澈, 澈潔, 清氣, 清靠 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 澈, 清靠 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 澈潔, 清氣 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 澈, 澈潔, 清靠 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 澈潔, 清氣, 清靠 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 澈潔, 清靠, 清氣 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 澈潔, 清氣, 清靠 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 清氣 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 清氣 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 伶俐 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 伶俐 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 清爽 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 清爽, 乾淨 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 了滯, 清水, 光生 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 乾淨 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 乾淨, 料俏 |

#### Derived terms

* 清氣相／清气相 (chheng-khì-siùⁿ) (Min Nan)

### Further reading

* “Entry #7568”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.