生气
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)Old HSK 3
生气 (shēngqì) · angry
生气 (shēngqì) means “angry; to get angry”. It is written with 2 characters: 生 (to give birth) + 气 (air). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 生气 is built
The characters
生 shēng · to give birth
What 生 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
Origin hint: A shoot 屮 growing in the soil 土 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
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
妈妈生气了。Māma shēngqì le.Mom got angry.
你怎么生气了？Nǐ zěnme shēngqì le?Why are you angry?
Questions about 生气
What does 生气 mean?
生气 (shēngqì) means “angry; to get angry”.
How do you pronounce 生气?
生气 is pronounced shēngqì.
Which HSK level is 生气?
生气 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021) and Old HSK 3.
Related words
- 大学生dàxuéshēnguniversity student
- 男生nánshēngboy
- 女生nǚshēnggirl
- 生病shēngbìngto become ill
- 生日shēngrìbirthday
- 先生xiānshengMr
- 小学生xiǎoxuéshēngprimary school student
- 学生xuéshengstudent
- 医生yīshēngdoctor
- 中学生zhōngxuéshēngsecondary school student
Learn 生气 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 33: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.