氣
qì HSK2

air

气 (氣) qì
anger verb
to make angry, to annoy, or to feel angry

别拿这种小事来气我。

bié ná zhè zhǒng xiǎo shì lái qì wǒ.

Don't annoy me with such trivial matters.

breath verb
the air that is taken into the lungs and expelled, especially when panting or breathing heavily.

他憋了一口气猛地潜入了水底。

tā biē le yī kǒu qì měng​de qián​rù le shuǐ dǐ.

He held his breath and dove suddenly to the bottom of the water.

gas noun
gas, air, or vapor

气球里的气已经漏掉了一大半。

qì​qiú lǐ de qì yǐ​jīng lòu​diào le yī​dà​bàn.

Most of the air in the balloon has leaked out.

atmosphere noun
the general mood, atmosphere, or pervasive quality of a place or situation

这幅山水画透着一股灵动之气。

zhè fú shān​shuǐ​huà tòu zhe yī gǔ líng​dòng zhī qì.

This landscape painting exudes a sense of vitality.

qi noun
vital energy or life force in traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine

练习太极拳有助于调理体内的气。

liàn​xí tài​jí​quán yǒu​zhù​yú tiáo​lǐ tǐ nèi de qì.

Practicing Tai Chi helps regulate the 'qi' within the body.

weather noun
weather or atmospheric phenomena

清晨的寒气让路上的行人都缩起了脖子。

qīng​chén de hán qì ràng lù shàng de xíng​rén dōu suō qǐ le bó​zi.

The early morning chill made the pedestrians on the street hunch their shoulders.

smell noun
smell or odor

厕所里散发出一股令人作呕的臭气。

cè​suǒ lǐ sàn​fā chū yī gǔ lìng rén zuò'ǒu de chòu​qì.

A nauseating stench was emanating from the restroom.

Frequency
Character
Written text
217th most common 985.4 per million
Movie subtitles
275th most common 604.9 per million appears in 92% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
115.2 per million appears in 37% of films
Written text
168.2 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Simplified
气
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+6C23

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)