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瘴气
zhàng​qì

miasma

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
瘴气 瘴氣 zhàng​qì
miasma
poisonous or foul-smelling air rising from marshes or tropical forests, traditionally believed to cause epidemic diseases such as 瘴疠 zhàng​lì

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.030 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
0.208 per million

Cross-References

Referenced by

  • 瘴 zhàng

Synonym

  • 烟瘴 yān​zhàng

Sources

Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)