脾气
HSK 4 (exam 2025)Old HSK 4
脾气 (píqi) · temper
脾气 (píqi) means “temper; temperament”. It is written with 2 characters: 脾 (spleen) + 气 (air). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 脾气 is built
The characters
脾 pí · spleen
What 脾 is made of
- ⺼ — meat
- 卑bēi — humble
- 白bái — white
- 日rì — sun; day
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 白bái — white
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
他的脾气很好。Tā de píqi hěn hǎo.He is very good-tempered.
你为什么发脾气？Nǐ wèishénme fā píqi?Why did you lose your temper?
Questions about 脾气
What does 脾气 mean?
脾气 (píqi) means “temper; temperament”.
How do you pronounce 脾气?
脾气 is pronounced píqi.
Which HSK level is 脾气?
脾气 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 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
- 勇气yǒngqìcourage
Learn 脾气 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 4 · Group 33: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.