气管炎

Traditional form:

氣管炎

Pinyin (reading):

qìguǎnyán

Definitions:

• bacterial tracheitis (inflammation of the windpipe, often caused by Staphylococcus aureus)
• henpecked (a pun on 妻子管得嚴／妻子管得严 (qīziguǎndeyán) used in comic theater)

Characters:

• 气 - air, gas; steam, vapor; anger
• 管 - tube, pipe, duct; to manage, to control
• 炎 - flame, blaze; hot

Traditional characters:

• 氣 - air, gas; steam, vapor; anger
• 管 - tube, pipe, duct; to manage, to control
• 炎 - flame, blaze; hot