Meaning
air; anger; gas; gas; air; smell
Chinese: 空气、气息或精神状态。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “qi” becomes a different word in each tone. 气 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 天气tiān qìweather
- 生气shēng qìto get angry; to be furious; vitality; liveliness
- 不客气bù kè qiyou're welcome; don't mention it; impolite; rude
- 空气kōng qìair; atmosphere
- 气温qì wēnair temperature
Example Sentence
他生气地走开了。Tā shēng qì de zǒu kāi le.He walked away angrily.
他Tāhe生气shēng qìto get angry地de(adverb marker)走开zǒu kāito leave了le(completed action)。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
A pictograph of vapour or thin clouds drifting in layers. It means ‘air / gas / breath’ and, by extension, ‘vital energy (qì)’.
A way to remember it
Wavy lines of drifting vapour — air.
Easy to confuse with
- 乞‘To beg’: almost the same, but missing the middle horizontal stroke.