HSK 6 · Adjectives

和气 héqi “friendly” in Chinese

Traditional 和氣

What 和气 means

  1. friendly
  2. polite
  3. good-natured
  4. amiable

How to say 和气

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale和hé2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own气qineutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

和气 in a sentence

  1. 和气点。

    Héqi diǎn.

    Be a bit nicer.

    Sentence #5092659 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 和气 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 和 (hé) with each of its parts in a different colour
和héand; together with; with
  • 禾grain · héSound part
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 禾 (hé) hints at the sound. Compare it with hé.

The character 气 (qì) drawn as one shape
气qìgas; airlight in 和气

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 和气

和 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.

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

Words related to 和气

Words with 和

和hé · and暖和nuǎnhuo · warm和平hépíng · peace附和fùhè · to echo (someone’s views)缓和huǎnhé · to ease调和tiáohé · to reconcile和蔼hé'ǎi · kindly和睦hémù · harmonious和谐héxié · harmonious柔和róuhé · soft

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

More words: Adjectives

豪迈háomài · bold和蔼hé'ǎi · kindly和睦hémù · harmonious横héng · horizontal和谐héxié · harmonious宏伟hóngwěi · magnificent华丽huálì · magnificent荒凉huāngliáng · desolate

FAQs

和气 (héqi) means “friendly” or “polite”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it héqi: hé with a 2nd tone, then qi with a neutral 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, 和气 is written 和氣. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type heqi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 和气 from the suggestions. Typing heqi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
和气 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.