生气 shēngqì▶ enfadarse

Stroke order

生气 is written in 9 strokes across 2 characters.

• 生 — 5 strokes
• 气 — 4 strokes

Senses

1. to get angry; to be furious
2. vitality; liveliness

Example sentences

• 妈妈生气了。Māma shēngqì le.Mum got angry.
• 你别生气，我不是故意的。Nǐ bié shēngqì, wǒ bú shì gùyì de.Don't be angry, I didn't do it on purpose.

Related words

• 出生Nacimiento
• 力气Fuerza
• 发生Suceder, ocurrir
• 气候clima
• 生命vida
• 生意negocio

生气 is pronounced shēngqì and means “enfadarse”. HSK 3 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 生气 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.