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Jyutping jyun1 hei3
Pinyin yuān qì

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. resentment over unfair treatment
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    難以​忍受
    (of someone/something) unbearable; not to be tolerated
    • 我見到你就冤氣嘍。
      我见到你就冤气喽。
      ngo5 gin3 dou3 nei5 zau6 jyun1 hei3 lo3.
      I feel unbearable to see you.
  2. 形容詞
    過份​關懷​、​注視​而​令人​受​唔​住​(​譬如​妻子​形容​丈夫​)
    too attentive, paying too much attention to the extent that others feel unbearable (e.g. a woman talking about excessive care from her husband)
    • 我老公好鬼冤氣㗎,隔幾個鐘又打嚟問下我點,話掛住我喎。
      我老公好鬼冤气㗎,隔几个钟又打嚟问下我点,话挂住我㖞。
      ngo5 lou5 gung1 hou2 gwai2 jyun1 hei3 gaa3, gaak3 gei2 go3 zung1 jau6 daa2 lai4 man6 haa6 ngo5 dim2, waa6 gwaa3 zyu6 ngo5 wo3.
      My husband is so too attentive. He calls me every few hours in the day, asking what I am doing and saying he is always thinking about me.
  3. 形容詞
    形容​同人​調情​、​嬉笑​果陣​顯得​太痴纏​、​太​甜蜜​,​令​旁人​側目
    used to describe the lovey-dovey couple who engage in a public display of affection makes other people feel unbearable.
    • 咪咁冤氣啦,人哋睇到㗎。
      咪咁冤气啦,人哋睇到㗎。
      mai5 gam2 jyun1 hei3 laa1, jan4 dei6 tai2 dou3 gaa3.
      Don't be so lovey-dovey. Others are looking.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    我见到你就冤气喽。
    我見到你就冤氣嘍。
    ngo5 gin3 dou3 nei5 zau6 jyun1 hei3 lo3.
    • I feel unbearable to see you.
  2. Cantonese
    我老公好鬼冤气㗎,隔几个钟又打嚟问下我点,话挂住我㖞。
    我老公好鬼冤氣㗎,隔幾個鐘又打嚟問下我點,話掛住我喎。
    ngo5 lou5 gung1 hou2 gwai2 jyun1 hei3 gaa3, gaak3 gei2 go3 zung1 jau6 daa2 lai4 man6 haa6 ngo5 dim2, waa6 gwaa3 zyu6 ngo5 wo3.
    • My husband is so too attentive. He calls me every few hours in the day, asking what I am doing and saying he is always thinking about me.
  3. Cantonese
    咪咁冤气啦,人哋睇到㗎。
    咪咁冤氣啦,人哋睇到㗎。
    mai5 gam2 jyun1 hei3 laa1, jan4 dei6 tai2 dou3 gaa3.
    • Don't be so lovey-dovey. Others are looking.
  4. Cantonese
    冤气
    冤氣
    • over considerate or too infatuated, making others unbearable