语气 yǔqì in a sentence
Tone of voice (mood - manner of speaking)
语气 (yǔqì) means Tone of voice (mood - manner of speaking). Below are 7 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他说话的 语气 很温和。
Tā shuō huà de yǔqì hěn wēnhé.
The tone of his voice is gentle.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 语气
别用这种 语气 跟我说话。
Bié yòng zhè zhǒng yǔqì gēn wǒ shuō huà.
Do not speak to me in that tone.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 语气
他的 语气 非常恳切。
Tā de yǔqì fēicháng kěnqiè.
His tone was extremely earnest.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 恳切
他的 语气 里带着藐视。
Tā de yǔqì lǐ dàizhe miǎoshì.
There was contempt in his tone.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 藐视
他用诚挚的 语气 道了歉。
Tā yòng chéngzhì de yǔqì dào le qiàn.
He apologised in a sincere tone.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 诚挚
这句话用的是反问的 语气 。
Zhè jù huà yòng de shì fǎnwèn de yǔqì.
This sentence is put in the form of a rhetorical question.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 反问
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Questions about 语气
How is 语气 used in a sentence?
This page shows 7 sentences using 语气 (yǔqì, "Tone of voice (mood - manner of speaking)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 语气 an HSK word?
Yes — 语气 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 语气?
The dictionary page for 语气 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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