生氣

See also: 生气

Chinese

Etymology 1

		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 someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (生氣)		生	氣
simp. (生气)		生	气

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shēngqì

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄑㄧˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sen¹ qi⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ hei³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): seng-khì / sng-khì

(Teochew, Peng'im): sên¹ ki³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹san ⁵chi

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/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-khì
  - Tâi-lô: sing-khì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sengqix
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰi¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/
- (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
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹san ⁵chi
  - MiniDict: san^平 chi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹san ²qi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sã⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰi³⁴/

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
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	生氣
	Taiwan	生氣
	Harbin	生氣
	Singapore	生氣
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	生氣
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	生氣
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	生氣, 發氣, 發火兒, 惱火, 發毛, 毛火
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	生氣
	Xi'an	生氣, 著氣
	Xining	生氣
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	生氣, 著氣
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	慪氣, 慪, 生氣, 發氣
	Wuhan	慪氣, 慪, 起氣, 氣, 發氣
	Guiyang	生氣, 發氣
	Guilin	生氣, 發氣
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	生氣
	Yangzhou	著氣, 見氣
	Hefei	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, Xiangzhou)	嬲
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; 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
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	屈火
	Hepu (Shatian)	生氣, 嬲氣
	Qinzhou	發相, 發火, 激, 激氣
	Qinzhou (Changtan)	發火, 發氣, 發性, 發火, 冒火, 火冒, 極, 極氣
	Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	發性, 激氣
	Beihai	發脾氣
	Beihai (Nankang)	嬲
	Beihai (Yingpan)	嬲
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	嬲, 發性
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	嬲
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	嬲
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	撞火
	Singapore (Guangfu)	嬲
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	嬲
	Móng Cái	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
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	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
Northern Min	Jian'ou	燒色, 急
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	受氣
Southern Min	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, 激氣
	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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上火 (shànghuǒ) (dialectal Mandarin)
使性地 (sái-sìng-tē) (Hokkien)
使性子 (shǐ xìngzi)
使氣 / 使气 (shǐqì)
使癖 (Hokkien)
使頸 / 使颈 (sai² geng²) (Cantonese)
冒煙 / 冒烟 (màoyān) (colloquial)
動怒 / 动怒 (dòngnù)
受氣 / 受气 (siū-khì) (Hokkien)
嗔怒 (chēnnù)
大怒 (dànù)
奭 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
威怒 (wēinù) (literary)
尥蹶子 (liàojuězi)
𡳞火 (Hokkien, vulgar)
弄性子 (nòng xìngzi) (colloquial)
忿懥 (fènzhì) (literary)
怒 (nù) (literary, or in compounds)
急 (jí)
急眼 (jíyǎn) (colloquial)
惱怒 / 恼怒 (nǎonù)
惹氣 / 惹气 (rěqì)
惱火 / 恼火 (nǎohuǒ)
戳火 (cuah⁴ hue²) (Jin)
掛氣 / 挂气 (guàqì) (dialectal)
暴怒 (bàonù) (to explode in anger)
有氣 / 有气 (yǒuqì)
氣 / 气
氣惱 / 气恼 (qìnǎo)
火大 (huǒdà)
火癀 (Hokkien)
燒色 / 烧色 (chiáu-să̤) (Northern Min)
爆氣 / 爆气
犯脾氣 / 犯脾气 (fàn píqi) (colloquial)
狂怒 (kuángnù) (to explode in anger)
癀發 / 癀发 (Hokkien)
發呴 / 发呴 (⁷faq ¹heu) (Wu)
發性地 / 发性地 (Hokkien)
發火 / 发火 (fāhuǒ)
發癀 / 发癀 (Xiamen Hokkien)
發老脾 / 发老脾 (faat³ lou⁵ pei^4-2) (Cantonese)
發脾四 / 发脾四 (faat³ pei⁴ sei³) (Cantonese)
發脾氣 / 发脾气 (fā píqi)
發臉 / 发脸 (Hokkien)
發輦 / 发辇 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
發飆 / 发飙 (fābiāo) (colloquial)
盛怒 (shèngnù)
瞋恚 (chēnhuì) (Classical Chinese)
耍態度 / 耍态度 (shuǎ tàidù) (colloquial)
耍脾氣 / 耍脾气 (shuǎ píqi)
苦氣 / 苦气 (Hokkien)
見氣 / 见气 (Yangzhou Mandarin, Pingxiang Gan, Huizhou, Pingxiang Gan, Wu, Pingxiang Gan, Xiang, Pingxiang Gan)
起性 (Hokkien)
起性地 (Hokkien)
起火
起花光 (kī-huă-guŏng) (Eastern Min)
震怒 (zhènnù)
鬧脾氣 / 闹脾气 (nào píqi)

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不平 (bùpíng)
不滿 / 不满 (bùmǎn)
受氣 / 受气 (siū-khì) (Hokkien, Teochew)
嬲 (Cantonese)
嬲爆爆 (nau¹ baau³ baau³) (Cantonese)
怒 (nù) (literary, or in compounds)
怒憤 / 怒愤 (nùfèn) (literary)
悻悻 (xìngxìng) (literary)
悻然 (xìngrán) (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 (Hokkien)
氣怫怫 / 气怫怫 (Hokkien)
氣憤 / 气愤 (qìfèn)
氣掣掣 / 气掣掣 (Hokkien)
氣沖沖 / 气冲冲 (qìchōngchōng)
激心 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
火大 (huǒdà)

Etymology 2

		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 someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (生氣)		生	氣
simp. (生气)		生	气

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngqì

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

(Meixian, Guangdong): sang¹ hi⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, 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/
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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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâng-hi
  - Hakka Romanization System: sang^ˊ hi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sang¹ hi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /saŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hi⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: sang¹ hi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /saŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ hi⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng-khì
  - Tâi-lô: sing-khì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sengqix
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰi¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/
- (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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朝氣 / 朝气 (zhāoqì)
活力 (huólì)
活氣 / 活气 (huóqì)
生命力 (shēngmìnglì)
生意 (shēngyì) (literary)
生機 / 生机 (shēngjī)

Antonyms

死氣／死气 (sǐqì)

Derived terms

生氣蓬勃 / 生气蓬勃 (shēngqìpéngbó)

Etymology 3

		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 someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (生氣)		生	氣
simp. (生气)		生	气

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiⁿ-khùi / chheⁿ-khùi

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ-khùi
  - Tâi-lô: tshinn-khuì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chvi'quix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰui²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰui¹¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰĩ³³ kʰui⁴¹/
- (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

Etymology 4

		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 someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (生氣)		生	氣
simp. (生气)		生	气

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siⁿ-khùi

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siⁿ-khùi
  - Tâi-lô: sinn-khuì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svi'quix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sĩ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰui²¹/

Verb

生氣

(Xiamen Hokkien) to make trouble; to create a disturbance

Synonyms

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亂它 / 乱它 (lonn⁵ do²) (Xiang)
亂彈琴 / 乱弹琴 (luàn tánqín) (figurative)
亂鬧 / 乱闹 (luànnào)
作孽 (Hokkien)
作怪 (zuòguài)
使壞 / 使坏 (shǐhuài)
倒蛋
做孽 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
做手腳 / 做手脚 (zuò shǒujiǎo)
卵彈琴 / 卵弹琴 (lonn³ dan² qin²) (Xiang)
惹事 (rěshì)
搗亂 / 捣乱 (dǎoluàn)
搶事 / 抢事 (Hokkien)
搞事 (gǎoshì)
搗蛋 / 捣蛋 (dǎodàn)
搞鬼 (gǎoguǐ)
搗鬼 / 捣鬼 (dǎoguǐ)
撩事 (liàu-dī) (Northern Min)
滋事 (zīshì)
滋擾 / 滋扰 (zīrǎo)
玩鬧 / 玩闹 (wánnào)
生事 (shēngshì)
生空 (Hokkien)
生空生榫 (Hokkien)
生空生縫 / 生空生缝 (Hokkien)
破壞 / 破坏 (pòhuài)
耍手腕 (shuǎ shǒuwàn)
胡來 / 胡来 (húlái)
胡攪 / 胡搅 (hújiǎo)
胡鬧 / 胡闹 (húnào)
舞射 (Hakka)
變精 / 变精 (Jinjiang Hokkien)
變鬼 / 变鬼 (Hokkien)
變魍 / 变魍 (Hokkien)
起事 (Hokkien)
起空 (Hokkien)
起鬨 / 起哄 (qǐhòng)
造反 (zàofǎn)
鬧事 / 闹事 (nàoshì)

Etymology 5

		raw	gas
trad. (生氣)		生	氣
simp. (生气)		生	气

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): saang¹ hei³

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saang¹ hei³
  - Yale: sāang hei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saang¹ hei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sang¹ héi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ⁵⁵ hei̯³³/

Noun

生氣

(Hong Kong Cantonese) intake gas (of a vehicle)

Antonyms

死氣／死气

Derived terms

生氣喉 / 生气喉
生氣批 / 生气批

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	氣
せい Grade: 1	き Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 生氣 – see the following entry.

【生気せいき】

[noun] energy, liveliness, enthusiasm

(This term, 生氣, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)