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气势

qì shì

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

气势 (qì shì) means "imposing manner; loftiness; grandeur". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 气势 means

1. imposing manner
2. loftiness
3. grandeur
4. energetic looks
5. vigor

The characters in 气势

• 气qìgas; air; smell; weather
• 势shìpower; influence; potential

Words starting with 气势

• 气势汹汹qì shì xiōng xiōngaggressive; truculent; overbearing
• 气势宏伟qì shì hóng wěiimposing; majestic
• 气势凌人qì shì líng rénarrogant and overbearing

Sounds the same

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

• 气室air cell (inside an egg)
• 弃世to leave this world; to die
• 弃市public execution (old)

Where 气势 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · qì–qǐ (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 qì shì correctly.
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