HSK 6 · Body

气色 qìsè “complexion” in Chinese

Traditional 氣色

What 气色 means

  1. complexion
  2. colour

How to say 气色

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale气qì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale色sè4th tone, falling

气色 in a sentence

  1. 你气色不错。

    Nǐ qìsè búcuò.

    You look well.

    Sentence #2040311 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她的气色看起来比以前好。

    Tā de qìsè kànqǐlai bǐ yǐqián hǎo.

    She looks healthier than before.

    Sentence #402926 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 气色 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 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.

The character 色 (sè) with each of its parts in a different colour
色sècolour
  • ⺈knife form of 刀 · dāo
  • 巴to desire · bā

How to write 气色

气 4 strokes · 色 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 气色

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

Words with 色

颜色yánsè · colour白色báisè · white黑色hēisè · black红色hóngsè · red (colour)绿色lǜsè · green黄色huángsè · yellow景色jǐngsè · scenery出色chūsè · remarkable角色juésè · role色彩sècǎi · colour

More words: People, Body & Health

疲惫píbèi · exhausted屁股pìgu · bottom疲倦píjuàn · tired器官qìguān · organ (of the body)拳头quántou · fist瘸qué · lame上瘾shàngyǐn · to be addicted生理shēnglǐ · physiology

FAQs

气色 (qìsè) means “complexion” or “colour”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qìsè: qì with a 4th tone, then sè 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, 气色 is written 氣色. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qise with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 气色 from the suggestions. Typing qise into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
气色 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.