气

（气体） gas:

• 毒气

  poisonous [poison] gas;

• 煤气

  coal gas; gas;

• 沼气

  marsh gas; methane

（空气） air:

• 打开窗子透一气气

  open the window to let in some fresh air;

• 给气球充气

  blow air into a balloon;

• 这球已打足了气。

  The ball is fully swelled with air.

（气息） breath:

• 喘不过气来

  lose one's breath; gasp for breath;

• 上气不接下气

  be out of breath; gasp for breath;

• 停下来歇口气

  stop to catch one's breath;

• 气喘喘地说出几句话

  gasp out a few words; speak between pants;

• 我怎么也缓不过气来。

  I could not get my breath anyhow.

（自然界冷热阴晴等现象） weather:

• 秋高气爽

  fine autumn weather

（气味） smell; odour:

• 臭气

  bad odour; foul smell;

• 香气扑鼻。

  A sweet smell assailed the nostrils.

（精神状态） spirit; morale:

• 垂头丧气

  in low spirits;

• 打气

  boost the morale; cheer on;

• 朝气勃勃

  vigorous; full of youthful vigour;

• 气可鼓而不可泄。

  Morale should be boosted, not dampened.

（作风; 习气） airs; manner; style:

• 官气

  bureaucratic airs;

• 孩子气

  childishness;

• 书生气十足

  bookish in the extreme

（受到的欺侮） insult; bullying:

• 忍气吞声

  swallow an insult; submit to humiliation;

• 过去， 在那个封建家庭里， 她受了不少气。

  In the old days, she used to be bullied in the feudal family.

{中医} （人体内能使各器官正常地发挥机能的原动力） qi; vital energy; energy of life:

• 元气

  vitality; vigour

（生气; 发怒） get angry; be enraged:

• 气得直哆嗦

  tremble with rage;

• 他为受到愚弄而气得发昏。

  He got insanely angry at being made a fool of.

（使人生气） make angry; enrage:

• 我故意气他一下。

  I was deliberately trying to annoy him.; I got him angry on purpose.