泄气
Old HSK 6
泄气 (xièqì) · to lose heart
泄气 (xièqì) means “to lose heart; to be discouraged”. It is written with 2 characters: 泄 (drip) + 气 (air). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 泄气 is built
The characters
泄 xiè · drip
What 泄 is made of
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 世shì — generation
- 廿niàn — twenty
- 廾gǒng — two hands
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 廿niàn — twenty
气 qì · air
What 气 is made of
- 亻rén — person
Origin hint: A person 亻 breathing air (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
一次失败不要泄气。Yī cì shībài búyào xièqì.Don't lose heart over one failure.
听到这个消息，大家都泄气了。Tīngdào zhège xiāoxi, dàjiā dōu xièqì le.Everyone was discouraged by the news.
Questions about 泄气
What does 泄气 mean?
泄气 (xièqì) means “to lose heart; to be discouraged”.
How do you pronounce 泄气?
泄气 is pronounced xièqì.
Which HSK level is 泄气?
泄气 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 泄露xièlòuto leak
- 不客气bùkèqiyou are welcome
- 生气shēngqìangry
- 天气tiānqìweather
- 空气kōngqìair
- 气温qìwēnair temperature
- 气候qìhòuclimate
- 力气lìqiphysical strength
- 暖气nuǎnqìheating
- 气球qìqiúballoon
Learn 泄气 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 200: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.