生氣

See also: 生气

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make sb. angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (生氣)		生	氣
simp. (生气)		生	气

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shēngqì

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄑㄧˋ

(Chengdu, SP): sen¹ qi⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ hei³
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): seng-khì / sng-khì

(Teochew, Peng'im): sên¹ ki³
Wu (Wiktionary): ¹san-qi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngqì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄑㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengcì
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-chʻi⁴
  - Yale: shēng-chì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengchih
  - Palladius: шэнци (šɛnci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    生氣／生气
    聲氣／声气
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: sen¹ qi⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sen ki
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sən⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sang¹ hei³
  - Yale: sāng hei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ hei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ héi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ hei̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-khì
  - Tâi-lô: sing-khì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sengqix
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰi¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-khì
  - Tâi-lô: sng-khì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sngqix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ kʰi⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sên¹ ki³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: seⁿ khì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sẽ³³⁻²³ kʰi²¹³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ¹san-qi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sã⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹/

Verb

生⫽氣 (verb-object)

to be angry; to get upset; to be mad
你為這生氣哦。／你为这生气哦。 ― Nǐ wèi zhè shēngqì ò. ― So that's what you're upset about?

我不是生她的氣，而是生自己的氣。 [MSC, trad.]
我不是生她的气，而是生自己的气。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ bùshì shēng tā de qì, érshì shēng zìjǐ de qì. [Pinyin]
I'm not angry with her, but I'm angry with myself.

就為這麼一點兒事兒生氣，值當的嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
就为这么一点儿事儿生气，值当的吗？ [MSC, simp.]
Jiù wèi zhème yīdiǎnr shìr shēngqì, zhídàng de ma? [Pinyin]
Is it worth getting angry over such a little thing?

Usage notes

To say "to be angry with somebody", put somebody + 的 (de) in between 生氣: for example 生她的氣 means "to be angry with her".

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 生氣 (“to be angry”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		怒
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		生氣
Mandarin	Beijing	生氣
	Taiwan	生氣
	Harbin	生氣
	Yantai (Muping)	生氣, 發氣, 發火兒, 惱火, 發毛, 毛火
	Jinan	生氣
	Luoyang	生氣
	Xi'an	生氣, 著氣
	Xining	生氣
	Ürümqi	生氣, 著氣
	Wuhan	慪氣, 慪, 起氣, 氣, 發氣
	Chengdu	慪氣, 慪, 生氣, 發氣
	Guiyang	生氣, 發氣
	Yangzhou	著氣, 見氣
	Nanjing	生氣
	Hefei	生氣
	Singapore	生氣
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	生氣
Cantonese	Guangzhou	發嬲, 嬲, 激氣
	Hong Kong	發嬲, 嬲, 激氣
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	怒氣, 發火, 谷氣
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	谷氣
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	惱
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	谷氣
	Macau	嬲
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	嬲
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	嬲
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	嬲
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	嬲
	Foshan	嬲
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	嬲
	Foshan (Shunde)	嬲
	Foshan (Sanshui)	發嬲
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	發嬲
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	嬲
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	嬲
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	嬲
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	嬲
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	嬲
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	嬲
	Taishan	嬲
	Kaiping (Chikan)	嬲
	Enping (Niujiang)	嬲
	Heshan (Yayao)	嬲
	Dongguan	谷氣
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	嬲
	Shaoguan	嬲
	Yunfu	嬲
	Yangjiang	激氣
	Xinyi	嬲
	Lianjiang	嬲
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	撞火
	Singapore (Guangfu)	嬲
	Yangon (Taishan)	嬲
	Mandalay (Taishan)	發氣
Gan	Nanchang	著氣
	Lichuan	發氣, 著氣
	Pingxiang	見氣, 發氣
Hakka	Meixian	激氣, 閼, 發譴
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	嬲
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	閼
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	嬲
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	嬲
	Wengyuan	閼
	Liannan	發性
	Conghua (Lütian)	發嬲
	Jiexi	閼
	Changting	氣
	Wuping (Yanqian)	惱, 發火
	Ninghua	生氣
	Yudu	發氣
	Ningdu	氣
	Tonggu (Sandu)	著氣
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	著急
	Dayu	發火
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	譴, 發閼, 發譴, 受氣
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	譴, 發譴, 受氣
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	閼, 發閼, 發譴, 受氣
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	譴, 發閼, 發譴, 受氣
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	閼, 發閼, 發譴, 受氣
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	氣, 發性, 受氣
	Hong Kong	發火
	Luchuan	火起
	Senai (Huiyang)	嬲
	Singapore (Dabu)	生氣
Huizhou	Jixi	發響, 見氣
Jin	Taiyuan	生氣
Min Bei	Jian'ou	燒色, 急
Min Dong	Fuzhou	受氣
Min Nan	Xiamen	受氣, 起歹面
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	受氣
	Zhao'an	生氣
	Taipei	受氣
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	受氣
	Kaohsiung	受氣
	Yilan	受氣
	Changhua (Lukang)	受氣, 惱氣
	Taichung	受氣
	Tainan	受氣
	Hsinchu	受氣
	Kinmen	受氣
	Penghu (Magong)	受氣
	Penang (Hokkien)	起癀
	Singapore (Hokkien)	受氣
	Manila (Hokkien)	受氣
	Chaozhou	生氣, 氣
	Shantou	生氣
	Jieyang	生氣
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	生氣
	Singapore (Teochew)	生氣, 氣, 受氣
Wu	Shanghai	生氣, 見氣
	Suzhou	動氣, 氣
	Danyang	生氣, 見氣
	Wenzhou	生氣, 氣, 急
	Jinhua	生氣, 見氣
Xiang	Changsha	發氣, 見氣, 發脾氣
Xiang	Shuangfeng	發氣

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Synonyms of 生氣

上火 (shànghuǒ) (dialectal Mandarin)
使性地 (sái-sìng-tē) (Min Nan)
使性子 (shǐ xìngzi)
使癖 (Min Nan)
大怒 (dànù)
奭 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
威怒 (wēinù) (literary)
尥蹶子 (liàojuězi)
弄性子 (nòng xìngzi) (colloquial)
忿懥 (fènzhì) (literary)
怒 (nù) (literary, or in compounds)
急 (jí)
急眼 (jíyǎn) (colloquial)
戳火 (Jin)
火大 (huǒdà)
火癀 (Min Nan)
盛怒 (shèngnù)
起性 (Min Nan)
起性地 (Min Nan)
起火 (qǐhuǒ)
起花光 (Min Dong)
震怒 (zhènnù)
𡳞火 (Min Nan)
使氣／使气 (shǐqì)
使頸／使颈 (Cantonese)
冒煙／冒烟 (màoyān) (colloquial)

動怒／动怒 (dòngnù)
受氣／受气 (siū-khì) (Min Nan)
惱怒／恼怒 (nǎonù)
惱火／恼火 (nǎohuǒ)
惹氣／惹气 (rěqì)
掛氣／挂气 (guàqì) (dialectal)
有氣／有气 (yǒuqì)
氣惱／气恼 (qìnǎo)
燒色／烧色 (Min Bei)
爆氣／爆气
犯脾氣／犯脾气 (fàn píqi) (colloquial)
癀發／癀发 (Min Nan)
發呴／发呴 (Wu)
發性地／发性地 (Min Nan)
發火／发火 (fāhuǒ)
發癀／发癀 (Min Nan)
發老脾／发老脾 (Cantonese)
發脾四／发脾四 (Cantonese)
發脾氣／发脾气 (fā píqi)
發臉／发脸 (Min Nan)
發飆／发飙 (fābiāo) (colloquial)
耍態度／耍态度 (shuǎ tàidù) (colloquial)
耍脾氣／耍脾气 (shuǎ píqi)
苦氣／苦气 (Min Nan)
見氣／见气 (Yangzhou Mandarin, Pingxiang Gan, Huizhou, Wu, Xiang)
鬧脾氣／闹脾气 (nào píqi)

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Synonyms of 生氣

不平 (bùpíng)
嬲 (Cantonese)
怒 (nù) (literary, or in compounds)
悻悻 (xìngxìng) (literary)
悻然 (xìngrán) (literary)
火大 (huǒdà)
不滿／不满 (bùmǎn)
受氣 (siū-khì) (Min Nan)
怒憤／怒愤 (nùfèn) (literary)

憤怒／愤怒 (fènnù)
憤慨／愤慨 (fènkǎi)
憤懣／愤懑 (fènmèn)
氣呼呼／气呼呼 (qìhūhū)
氣奪奪／气夺夺 (Min Nan)
氣怫怫／气怫怫 (Min Nan)
氣憤／气愤 (qìfèn)
氣掣掣／气掣掣 (Min Nan)
氣沖沖／气冲冲 (qìchōngchōng)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngqì

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄑㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ hei³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sâng-hi

(Meixian, Guangdong): sang¹ hi⁴
Min Nan (POJ): seng-khì / sng-khì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēngqì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄑㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shengcì
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-chʻi⁴
  - Yale: shēng-chì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shengchih
  - Palladius: шэнци (šɛnci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    生氣／生气
    聲氣／声气
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sang¹ hei³
  - Yale: sāng hei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ hei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ héi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ hei̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâng-hi
  - Hakka Romanization System: sang´ hi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sang¹ hi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /saŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hi⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: sang¹ hi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /saŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ çi⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-khì
  - Tâi-lô: sing-khì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sengqix
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰi¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sng-khì
  - Tâi-lô: sng-khì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sngqix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sŋ̍³³ kʰi⁴¹/

Noun

生氣

life; vitality; animation

Synonyms

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活力 (huólì)
生命力 (shēngmìnglì)
生意 (shēngyì) (literary)

朝氣／朝气 (zhāoqì)
活氣／活气 (huóqì)
生機／生机 (shēngjī)

Antonyms

死氣／死气 (sǐqì)

Derived terms

生氣蓬勃／生气蓬勃 (shēngqìpéngbó)

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): chhiⁿ-khùi / chheⁿ-khùi

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-khùi
  - Tâi-lô: tshinn-khuì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chvi'quix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰui²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰĩ³³ kʰui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰui¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ-khùi
  - Tâi-lô: tshenn-khuì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhve'quix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² kʰui²¹/

Adjective

生氣

(Hokkien) having an unpleasant, wild taste (of cooked food)
(Xiamen Hokkien) rigid and unamiable
(Quanzhou Hokkien) rash and lacking in common sense

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): siⁿ-khùi

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siⁿ-khùi
  - Tâi-lô: sinn-khuì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svi'quix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰui²¹/