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骨气

gǔ qì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 骨氣

骨气 (gǔ qì) means "unyielding character; courageous spirit; integrity". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 骨气 means

1. unyielding character
2. courageous spirit
3. integrity
4. moral backbone

The characters in 骨气

• 骨gǔbone
• 气qìgas; air; smell; weather

Sounds the same

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

• 鼓气to puff up; to swell up; to inflate
• 骨器bone tool (archaeology)

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gǔ qì correctly.
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