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正气

zhèng qì

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

正气 (zhèng qì) means "healthy atmosphere; moral spirit; unyielding integrity; probity; (TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 正气 means

1. healthy atmosphere; moral spirit
2. unyielding integrity; probity
3. (TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases)

The characters in 正气

• 正zhèngstraight; upright; proper
• 气qìgas; air; smell; weather

Where 正气 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zhèng–zhī (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.
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