qì​tán

air pocket

  • created sense approved 气潭/氣潭 · qì​tán · air pocket — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    气潭 / 氣潭

    qì​tán

    air pocket

    a region of low pressure or a localized downdraft that causes an aircraft to lose altitude suddenly

    气 (literal) → 气/氣 · qì · gas 潭 (literal) → 潭 · tán · pool

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense