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气氛

qì fēn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 氣氛

气氛 (qì fēn) means "atmosphere, mood (of a place/situation)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 气氛 means

1. atmosphere; mood

The characters in 气氛

• 气qìgas; air; smell; weather
• 氛fēnmiasma; vapor

Example sentences

• 这个地方的气氛很神秘。
  Zhège dìfang de qìfēn hěn shénmì.
  This place has a mysterious atmosphere to it.
• 总部里有另外一种气氛。
  There was a different kind of atmosphere in the headquarters.
• 这个地方有一种神秘的气氛。
  Zhège dìfang yǒu yī zhǒng shénmì de qìfēn.
  This place has a mysterious atmosphere.
• 吃火锅的时候 ,气氛往往是非常热闹的.
  The atmosphere is always extremely lively when eating hot pot.
• 为了增添节日的气氛 ，那里的人用盆栽装饰他们的家。
  Wèile zēngtiān jiérì de qìfēn, nàli de rén yòng pénzāi zhuāngshì tāmen de jiā.
  People there decorate their homes with potted flowers to add to the festival atmosphere.
• 他的幽默巧妙地缓解了晚餐时尴尬的气氛，让我松了一口气。
  Tā de yōumò qiǎomiào de huǎnjiě le wǎncān shí gāngà de qìfēn, ràng wǒ sōng le yīkǒuqì.
  His humor charmingly eased the embarrassing atmosphere at dinner time and made me breathe a sigh of relief.

Words containing 气氛

• 炒气氛chǎo qì fēnto liven up the atmosphere
• 炒热气氛chǎo rè qì fēnto liven up the atmosphere

Where 气氛 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Mood, Atmosphere & Emotion (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qì fēn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.