正气

正气 zhèngqì

Healthy atmosphere; moral spirit; unyielding integrity; probity; (TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases)^†

正气 in a sentence HSK 6 繁體正氣 zhengqi

What 正气 means

Healthy atmosphere; moral spirit^†
unyielding integrity; probity^†
(TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases)^†

† Our own dictionary has no entry for 正气, so these meanings are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors and based on CEDICT © 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski, and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Recognise a piece of 正气 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

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

正

zhèng

Straight (main - right - just - pure - regular - principle - directly)

气

qì

Gas (air - anger - smell)

Words that share a character with 正气

How to write 正气

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

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

正气 in a sentence

这个单位风气正，正气足。

Zhège dānwèi fēngqì zhèng, zhèngqì zú.

This organisation has a sound ethos and a healthy atmosphere.

他身上有一股正气。

Tā shēnshang yǒu yì gǔ zhèngqì.

There is an air of integrity about him.

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

Sounds the same as 正气

These are also written zhengqi 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.

整齐 zhěngqí 争气 zhēngqì

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

Questions about 正气

What does 正气 mean in English?

正气 is pronounced zhèngqì and means Healthy atmosphere; moral spirit, unyielding integrity; probity, (TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases) †.

How do you pronounce 正气?

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

What are the characters in 正气?

正气 is written with 2 characters: 正 (zhèng) Straight (main - right - just - pure - regular - principle - directly), 气 (qì) Gas (air - anger - smell). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 正气 written in traditional Chinese?

正氣. The simplified form 正气 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 正氣 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced zhèngqì.

Is 正气 an HSK word?

Yes — 正气 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

正当 zhèngdāng 正负 zhèngfù 正规 zhèngguī 正经 zhèngjing 正义 zhèngyì 正宗 zhèngzōng 证实 zhèngshí 证书 zhèngshū

Keep going

Translate a whole sentence containing 正气 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