气

Gas in Chinese: 气 (qì)

qì

gas

HSK 3.0 Level 2Traditional: 氣1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1gas; air
  2. 2smell
  3. 3weather
  4. 4to make angry; to annoy; to get angry
  5. 5vital energy; qi

Stroke order

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气

Zhuyin

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ㄑㄧˋ

qì

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

气

Simplified

氣

Traditional

Example sentences

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

  • 他说的话让我很生气。

    tā shuō de huà ràng wǒ hěn shēng qì。

    What he said made me very angry.

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Related words

天气

tiān qì

weather

生气

shēng qì

to get angry

空气

kōng qì

air

力气

lì qi

strength

脾气

pí qi

character

气候

qì hòu

(meteorology) climate

气氛

qì fēn

atmosphere

小气

xiǎo qì

stingy

勇气

yǒng qì

courage

语气

yǔ qì

tone

运气

yùn qi

luck (good or bad)

气温

qì wēn

air temperature

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