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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qì | qi4
English translation
gas
air
smell
weather
to make angry
to annoy
to get angry
vital energy
qi
air, gas; steam, vapor; anger

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Number of strokes

4

Radical frequency

17

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

A person rén  breathing air

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

rén

Explanation

Pictograph of air.

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tàn le kǒu , zhàn le 起来 qǐlai , 不由自主 bù yóu zì zhǔ de hǎo 裙子 qúnzi ,平头 píng tóu .

She sighed, stood up, automatically adjusted her skirt and smoothed her hair.

zhè 简直 jiǎnzhí 一点 yī diǎn tián ,元气 yuán qì Huán dōu 保存 bǎocún zhāo . ”

This is hardly sweet at all and all the strength is still in it. "

关掉 guān diào le 煤气 méi qì , gòu 机灵 jīling de .

She was intelligent enough to turn off the gas.

zhǐ xiǎng 大声 dà shēng jiào 一阵 yī zhèn , jiào 自己 zìjǐ 快要 kuài yào biē 透不过气 lái le .

He wanted to shout; he was suffocating.

下午 xiàwǔ 天气 tiānqì zhuǎn Lěng le .

It turned chilly in the afternoon.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
gas
生气 shēngqì to get angry生氣
天气 tiānqì weather天氣
空气 kōngqì air空氣
客气 kè qi polite客氣
运气 yùnqi luck (good or bad)運氣
勇气 yǒngqì courage勇氣
气氛 qìfēn mood氣氛
脾气 píqi character脾氣
气质 qìzhì temperament氣質
气温 qì wēn air temperature氣溫
力气 lìqi strength力氣
气息 qì xī breath氣息
气候 qìhòu climate氣候
口气 kǒuqì tone of voice口氣
语气 yǔqì tone語氣
气味 qìwèi odor氣味
气象 qìxiàng meteorology氣象
气体 qì tǐ gas (i.e. gaseous substance)氣體
毒气 dú qì poison gas毒氣
帅气 shuài qi handsome帥氣
天然气 tiānránqì natural gas天然氣
大气 dà qì imposing大氣
一口气 yī kǒu qì one breath一口氣
氧气 yǎngqì oxygen氧氣

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