神气

神气 shénqì

Expression (manner - spirited - vigorous)

神气 in a sentence HSK 6 繁體 神氣 shenqi

What 神气 means

  1. Expression (manner - spirited - vigorous)

These meanings come from the same dictionary that powers the Chinese to Pinyin translator and the Chinese to English translator, so a whole sentence containing 神气 will read it the same way this page does.

Recognise a piece of 神气 but not the character it belongs to? Pick the parts in the component character finder and it will name the character for you — free for every character, with nothing to sign in to.

Character by character

神气 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

神
shén
God (deity - spirit - spiritual - supernatural - clever)
气
qì
Gas (air - anger - smell)

How to write 神气

Stroke order is not decoration — it is what makes handwriting legible and what dictionary lookup by stroke count depends on.

Practise 神气 on printable 田字格 sheets, trace it in the writing practice tool, or watch any other character in the Stroke Order Animator.

神气 in a sentence

他穿上新衣服很神气。
Tā chuān shàng xīn yīfu hěn shénqì.
He looks very smart in his new clothes.
赢了一次就这么神气?
Yíng le yí cì jiù zhème shénqì?
One win and you're this cocky?

Every sentence on this site that uses 神气 is collected on the 神气 sentence page. Want pinyin above a sentence of your own? Paste it into the Pinyin Annotator.

Sounds the same as 神气

These are also written shenqi without tone marks. Tones and context are what keep them apart — which is why the tone is part of the word, not an accent on it.

Train the difference in the Tone Trainer or the Similar Sounds Quiz.

Questions about 神气

What does 神气 mean in English?

神气 is pronounced shénqì and means Expression (manner - spirited - vigorous).

How do you pronounce 神气?

神气 is shénqì in pinyin — written shenqi without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 神气?

神气 is written with 2 characters: 神 (shén) God (deity - spirit - spiritual - supernatural - clever), 气 (qì) Gas (air - anger - smell). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 神气 written in traditional Chinese?

神氣. The simplified form 神气 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 神氣 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced shénqì.

Is 神气 an HSK word?

Yes — 神气 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

Studied around the same time

Keep going

Translate a whole sentence containing 神气 with the Chinese to Pinyin translator, study it alongside the rest of HSK 6, drill it with HSK flashcards, or save it above and review it on your review deck.

Browse the dictionary

Every word on this site links to its entry — tap any word in a graded reader, a translation result or an HSK list to land on a page like this one.

Dictionary index