客
气

Polite in Chinese: 客气 (kè qi)

kè qi

polite

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 客氣1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1polite
  2. 2courteous
  3. 3formal
  4. 4modest

Stroke order

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客
气

Zhuyin

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ㄎㄜˋ

kè

ㄎ/ kㄜ/ eˋ/ fourth tone

˙ㄑㄧ

qi

˙/ neutral toneㄑ/ qㄧ/ i

Simplified & traditional

客气

Simplified

客氣

Traditional

Example sentences

See 客气 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 你太客气了,这点小事不用谢。

    nǐ tài kè qi le, zhè diǎn xiǎo shì bú yòng xiè。

    You're too polite; no need to thank me for such a little thing.

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Related words

气

qì

gas

天气

tiān qì

weather

客人

kè rén

visitor

生气

shēng qì

to get angry

顾客

gù kè

customer

空气

kōng qì

air

力气

lì qi

strength

脾气

pí qi

character

气候

qì hòu

(meteorology) climate

请客

qǐng kè

to give a dinner party

客观

kè guān

objective

客厅

kè tīng

drawing room (room for arriving guests)

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