zhàng

technical
noun

Meaning of 瘴气

瘴气 means miasma; hot, humid, noxious air in tropical/subtropical mountain forests (historically believed to cause disease). Pronounced zhàng qì.

  • miasma; hot, humid, noxious air in tropical/subtropical mountain forests (historically believed to cause disease)

Definitions & Examples

Nán
fāng
shān
lín
zhàng
tài
zhòng
 
rén
gǎn
qīng
jìn
 

The mountain forests in the south had too much miasma, so ancient people dared not enter easily.

Shì
bīng
men
yīn
zhàng
ér
rǎn
shàng
le
nüè
ji
 

The soldiers contracted malaria from inhaling the miasma.

Zhàng
màn
de
bèi
rèn
wéi
shì
wáng
zhī
 

The valley filled with noxious vapor was considered a place of death.