HSK 2 · Meeting & staying

气

qì

air; to anger

Stroke order of 气

气 is written with 4 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

Wisps of rising steam drawn as lines: air and, when puffed up, anger.

Parts: 气: pictograph of rising vapour

Example sentence

今天天气很好。

The weather is very nice today.

Words with 气

不客气you're welcome 天气weather 生气angry; to get angry 气温air temperature 空气air 气候climate

More words: Meeting & staying

见到to see; to meet 见过to have seen 碰到to run into 碰见to run into 留to stay; to keep 留下to stay; to leave behind 分开to separate 占to occupy; to take up 流to flow 长to grow; head; chief 当to act as; when 才only then; just 提出to put forward 提到to mention 行动action; to act 行为behaviour

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