HSK 6 · Emotions

服气 fúqì “to be convinced” in Chinese

Traditional 服氣

What 服气 means

  1. to be convinced
  2. to accept (someone’s superiority)
  3. to accept

How to say 服气

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale服fú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale气qì4th tone, falling

服气 in a sentence

  1. 他说得有道理，我很服气。

    Tā shuō de yǒu dàoli, wǒ hěn fúqì.

    What he said makes sense; I accept that he’s right.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 输了比赛，他还是不服气。

    Shū le bǐsài, tā háishi bù fúqì.

    He lost the match, but he still won’t accept it.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 服气 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 服 (fú) with each of its parts in a different colour
服fúclothes
  • 月moon · yuè
  • 卩seal · jié
  • 又again · yòu
The character 气 (qì) drawn as one shape
气qìgas; air

气 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidDrawn from layers of vapour rising: air, steam, breath.

How to write 服气

服 8 strokes · 气 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

服气 (fúqì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 服气 (fúqì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 服气

Words with 服

衣服yīfu · clothes服务员fúwùyuán · waiter舒服shūfu · comfortable服务fúwù · to serve服装fúzhuāng · dress说服shuōfú · to persuade克服kèfú · to overcome (difficulties)佩服pèifú · to admire制服zhìfú · uniform服从fúcóng · to obey

Words with 气

天气tiānqì · weather不客气bú kèqi · you’re welcome生气shēngqì · angry气qì · air力气lìqi · strength空气kōngqì · air气候qìhòu · climate脾气píqi · temper淘气táoqì · naughty小气xiǎoqì · stingy

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恩怨ēnyuàn · old grudges反感fǎngǎn · to dislike废寝忘食fèiqǐnwàngshí · so absorbed one forgets to eat and sleep愤怒fènnù · anger尴尬gāngà · awkward干劲gànjìn · drive感慨gǎnkǎi · to sigh with emotion隔阂géhé · estrangement

FAQs

服气 (fúqì) means “to be convinced” or “to accept (someone’s superiority)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fúqì: fú with a 2nd tone, then qì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 服气 is written 服氣. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fuqi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 服气 from the suggestions. Typing fuqi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
服气 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.