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香气

xiāng qì

2-character word Traditional 香氣

What 香气 means

1. fragrance
2. aroma
3. incense

The characters in 香气

• 香xiāngfragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic
• 气qìgas; air; smell; weather

Example sentences

• 百合的香气充满了整个房间。
  Bǎihé de xiāngqì chōngmǎn le zhěnggè fángjiān.
  A smell of lilies filled the room.
• 玫瑰的香气在房间的每一个角落里飘荡着。
  Méiguī de xiāngqì zài fángjiān de měi yī gè jiǎoluò lǐ piāo dàng zhe.
  The perfume of roses filled the room.
• 阁楼是一个狭长的低矮房间，光线昏暗，弥漫着雪松的香气。
  The attic was a long, low-ceilinged room, dark and fragrant with the odor of the cedar.
• 我喜欢煮饭时加几粒八角。它带有淡淡的甜味和类似甘草的香气。
  I like to add a couple pods of star anise when cooking rice. It has a slightly sweet flavor and a licorice-like fragrance.

Sounds the same

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

• 乡气rustic; uncouth; unsophisticated
• 相契(literary) to be a good match