断气 Traditional form: 斷氣 Pinyin (reading): duànqì Definitions: to stop breathing to breathe one's last to die to cut the gas supply Characters: 断 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt 气 - air, gas; steam, vapor; anger Traditional characters: 斷 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt 氣 - air, gas; steam, vapor; anger