气 (qì): meaning and stroke order
气 (qì) means gas; air, smell, weather, to make angry; to annoy; to get angry, vital energy; qi.
气
- Simplified
- 气
- Traditional
- 氣
- Pinyin
- qì
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Stroke order of 气
气
- qì gas; air; smell
- 4 strokes
- Traditional form: 氣
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Meaning of 气
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qì
Traditional 氣
- gas; air
- smell
- weather
- to make angry; to annoy; to get angry
- vital energy; qi
Radical and structure
- 气
- Radical 气 (Kangxi radical 84) · 4 strokes
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 气
- 天气 tiān qì weather
- 生气 shēng qì to get angry; to be furious; vitality; liveliness
- 力气 lì qi physical strength
- 气球 qì qiú balloon
- 运气 yùn qi luck (good or bad)
- 服气 fú qì to be convinced; to accept
- 氧气 yǎng qì oxygen
- 秀气 xiù qi delicate; graceful
- 一口气 yī kǒu qì one breath; in one breath
- 不服气 bù fú qì unwilling to concede; defiant
- 一气之下 yī qì zhī xià in a fit of pique; in a fury
- 沉不住气 chén bù zhù qì to lose one's cool; to get impatient
气 in our stories
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有一天，妈妈在她的书包里发现了一张甜点班的收据，气得一晚上没跟她说话。
yǒu yì tiān māma zài tā de shūbāo lǐ fāxiàn le yì zhāng tiándiǎn bān de shōujù qì de yì wǎnshang méi gēn tā shuōhuà
One day her mother found a receipt for the course in her bag and was so angry she didn't speak to her all evening.
From the story The three-tier cake HSK 5
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然而，他的生命并没有就此消失：他呼出的气变成了风和云，他的声音变成了雷。
rán'ér tā de shēngmìng bìng méiyǒu jiùcǐ xiāoshī tā hūchū de qì biànchéng le fēng hé yún tā de shēngyīn biànchéng le léi
Yet his life did not simply end there: the breath he exhaled became the wind and clouds, and his voice became thunder.
From the story Pangu separates heaven and earth HSK 7–9 · Level 7
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七岁那年夏天，天气热得让人喘不过气来，哪吒跑到海边，把红绫放进水里洗澡。
qī suì nà nián xiàtiān tiānqì rè de ràng rén chuǎn bú guò qì lái Nézhā pǎo dào hǎibiān bǎ hóng líng fàng jìn shuǐ lǐ xǐzǎo
The summer he was seven, it was so hot people could hardly breathe; Nezha ran down to the shore and put the red sash in the water to bathe.
From the story Nezha stirs up the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Stories using 气
- The three-tier cake HSK 5
- Pangu separates heaven and earth HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Nezha stirs up the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- Mending the bowl HSK 7–9 · Level 9
- Two hundred metres from the summit HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).