Sentence #10249576 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 生气 is built
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生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce
生 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidA shoot growing up out of the soil 土: to grow, to be born.
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 生气
生 5 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.
Stroke order chart for 生气 (shēngqì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
生气 (shēngqì) means “angry” or “mad”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it shēngqì: shēng with a 1st 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, 生气 is written 生氣. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shengqi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 生气 from the suggestions. Typing shengqi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
生气 is an HSK 3 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.
生shēng1st tone, high and level
气qì4th tone, falling
