HSK 6 · Emotions

叹气 tànqì “to sigh” in Chinese

Traditional 嘆氣

What 叹气 means

  1. to sigh
  2. to heave a sigh

How to say 叹气

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale叹tàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale气qì4th tone, falling

叹气 in a sentence

  1. 他一边看信一边叹气。

    Tā yìbiān kàn xìn yìbiān tànqì.

    He sighed as he read the letter.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 别老叹气，事情会好起来的。

    Bié lǎo tànqì, shìqing huì hǎo qǐlai de.

    Stop sighing all the time. Things will get better.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 叹气 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 叹 (tàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
叹tànto sigh
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 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 叹气

叹 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.

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

Words related to 叹气

Words with 叹

赞叹zàntàn · to marvel at

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: Emotions & Attitudes

受罪shòuzuì · to suffer舒畅shūchàng · happy疏远shūyuǎn · to drift apart思念sīniàn · to miss陶醉táozuì · to be intoxicated (by)体谅tǐliàng · to be understanding唾弃tuòqì · to spurn惋惜wǎnxī · to regret

FAQs

叹气 (tànqì) means “to sigh” or “to heave a sigh”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tànqì: tàn with a 4th 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, 叹气 is written 嘆氣. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tanqi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 叹气 from the suggestions. Typing tanqi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
叹气 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.