气 qì — air; anger; gas; gas; air; smell
他生气地走开了。Tā shēng qì de zǒu kāi le.He walked away angrily.
Common words: 天气 (tiān qì)、生气 (shēng qì)、不客气 (bù kè qi)
Meaning Index
Chinese characters meaning "gas"
Learn Chinese characters with the meaning "gas", including 气 (qì), 气 (qì). Study pinyin, English meanings, traditional forms, common words, and examples.
How to Study This Meaning Group
The English word "gas" covers 2 different Chinese characters — 气 (qì), 气 (qì) — and each is its own word with its own feel. These 2 characters happen to share the reading qì, so lean on the words and written forms to tell them apart. The example sentences further down show how 气 and the others are actually used, so you learn them in context rather than as a single translation.
- 气 qìair; anger; gas; gas; air; smellUseful words: 天气, 生气
- 气 qìair; anger; gas; gas; air; smellUseful words: 天气, 生气
Common words for these 2 "gas" characters
Anchor each of these 2 characters in a word you can picture — start with 气 (qì) — so "gas" turns into concrete usage instead of a one-to-one translation.
See each character in a sentence
Each character below is shown in a short example sentence with pinyin and an English translation — the quickest way to feel the difference between the 2 ways to say "gas".
气 qì — air; anger; gas; gas; air; smell
他生气地走开了。Tā shēng qì de zǒu kāi le.He walked away angrily.
Common words: 天气 (tiān qì)、生气 (shēng qì)、不客气 (bù kè qi)
All 2 characters
Open 气、气 or any character below to hear it read aloud and see it used in an example sentence.