冷氣 (laang5 hei3 | leng3 qi4) : cold air; air-conditioning

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冷氣

laang5 hei3

leng3 qi4

cold air; air-conditioning;(Taiwan and Cantonese)
[國]空調 (Mainland)

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 2,030,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

冷氣 / 冷气

This word has been viewed 6631 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by radagasty on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 7th Jan 2013 17:00

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Characters in this word:

冷 laang5 laang5*1 - cold; cool; chilly
氣 hei3 - gas; air; breath; anger

5 compounds containing this word:

冷氣機 - air conditioner [國]: 空調機
冷氣巴士 - air-conditioned bus
冷氣喉 - an air conditioning duct
冷氣病 - air conditioning sickness; air-con sickness
閂冷氣 - [v] to turn off the air conditioner

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大熱天時開冷氣真舒服。粵
It is so comfortable to have the air-contioner on during hot days.

有一部分更加係設有獨立冷氣粵
In addition, some [apartments] have their own air conditioner.
[Lit. have one portion additionally are equipped-with independent air-con]

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Decimal representation of this word: 冷氣

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