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风气

fēng qì

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

风气 (fēng qì) means "general mood; atmosphere; common practice". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 风气 means

1. general mood
2. atmosphere
3. common practice

The characters in 风气

• 风fēngwind; news; style
• 气qìgas; air; smell; weather

Example sentences

• 我从小到大都是个酷儿小孩，从学校、老师或大多数同学那里得不到任何支持，感到孤立无援，觉得自己从根本上就是有问题的。我很高兴现况已有所改变，但对于那股反对支持与肯定酷儿儿童之风气的反动势力感到厌恶。
  Growing up as a queer kid, I had no support whatsoever from school, from teachers, or from most other kids, and I felt isolated and fundamentally bad. I'm glad things have changed, but disgusted by the reactionary movement that has risen up against the practice of supporting and affirming queer kids.

Where 风气 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · féng–fēng (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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