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志气

zhì qì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 志氣

志气 (zhì qì) means "ambition; resolve; backbone". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 志气 means

1. ambition
2. resolve
3. backbone
4. drive
5. spirit

The characters in 志气

• 志zhìaspiration; ambition; the will
• 气qìgas; air; smell; weather

Words containing 志气

• 有志气yǒu zhì qìambitious

Sounds the same

Read zhì qì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 稚气childish nature; infantile; juvenile
• 治气to get angry
• 置气to get angry; to take offense

Where 志气 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zhì (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhì qì correctly.
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