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生气

shēng qì

HSK 1 · word 327 of 3,000

Meaning

Example sentence

他生气了。

tā shēng qì le

He got angry.

Characters in 生气

生 to produce plus 气, breath or temper. Anger is generating 气 — the same 气 in 客气 politeness and 天气 weather, where it is closer to air.

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