# 口氣
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kǒuqì
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄑㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hau$^2$ hei$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khió-khì / kháu-khì
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kǒuqì → kǒuqi (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄑㄧˋ → ㄎㄡˇ ˙ㄑㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kǒuci̊
*** Wade–Giles: kʻou$^3$-chʻi$^5$
*** Yale: kǒu-chi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koou.chih
*** Palladius: коуци (kouci)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/ → /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴ t͡ɕʰi⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hau$^2$ hei$^3$
*** Yale: háu hei
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hau$^2$ hei$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: heo$^2$ héi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɐu̯³⁵ hei̯³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khió-khì
*** Tâi-lô: khió-khì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qioy'qix
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰi⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kháu-khì
*** Tâi-lô: kháu-khì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qaw'qix
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰi¹¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰi²¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰi²¹/

### Noun

口氣
* tone; manner of speaking
* meaning behind the words; undertone; implied meaning; undercurrent
* breath; (especially) bad breath
* (obsolete) accent; dialect

#### Synonyms

* (tone): 語氣／语气 (yǔqì); (Hengyang Xiang) 口腔 (kǒuqiāng)
* (meaning behind the words): 口風／口风 (kǒufēng)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 口過, 口氣 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 口臭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 口臭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 口臭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 口臭, 嘴臭 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 嘴臭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 口臭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 嘴臭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 口臭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 口臭, 嘴臭, 臭嘴 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 口臭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 口臭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 口臭, 嘴臭, 嘴巴臭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 口臭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 嘴巴臭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 嘴臭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 口臭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 臭嘴 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 口臭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 口臭 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 口臭 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 口臭 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 嘴巴臭 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 嘴角臭 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 口臭 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 嘴臭 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 口臭 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 喙盡臭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 嘴臭, 臭嘴 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 喙臭, 喙臭火, 臭火氣 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 喙臭 GT |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 喙臭 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 喙臭 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 口臭 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 口臭, 嘴臭 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 口臭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 嘴臭 |
| Wu | Danyang | 口臭 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 口臭 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 口臭 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 口臭 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 口臭 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

#### Derived terms

* 探口氣 / 探口气

#### Related terms

* 口風／口风 (kǒufēng)
* 口吻 (kǒuwěn)

#### Descendants

* → Vietnamese: khẩu khí (口氣)

### References

* “口氣”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.