CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

气概

qìgài

lofty quality

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

lofty quality

mettle

spirit

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 气概 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 气概 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

有一种普遍的看法认为，一切对演说方式的研究都是有损男子气概的，都会以雕饰与浮华取代质朴与力量。yǒu yī zhǒng pǔ biàn de kàn fǎ rèn wéi， yī qiè duì yǎn shuō fāng shì de yán jiū dōu shì yǒu sǔn nán zi qì gài de， dū huì yǐ diāo shì yǔ fú huá qǔ dài zhì piáo yǔ lì liàng。

There is a widespread opinion that all study of the mode of oratory is unmanly, and leads to the substitution of artifice and adornment for simplicity and power.

在愁云密布的天空下，在死一般沉寂的十字街口，这些平庸的偶像，粗野无情的雕塑，摆出一副不可一世的气概，象征着我们已进入了那九泉之下的幽冥王国，至少是象征这王国最后的命令，指示人们进入墓窟，那里鼠疫之神，沉沉的石块和漫漫的长夜将使一切声音消失。zài chóu yún mì bù de tiān kōng xià， zài sǐ yì bān chén jì de shí zì jiē kǒu， zhè xiē píng yōng de ǒu xiàng， cū yě wú qíng de diāo sù， bǎi chū yī fù bù kě yī shì de qì gài， xiàng zhēng zhe wǒ men yǐ jìn rù le nà jiǔ quán zhī xià de yōu míng wáng guó， zhì shǎo shì xiàng zhēng zhè wáng guó zuì hòu de mìng lìng， zhǐ shì rén men jìn rù mù kū， nà lǐ shǔ yì zhī shén， chén chén de shí kuài hé màn màn de cháng yè jiāng shǐ yī qiè shēng yīn xiāo shī。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 气概.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 气概.

Directly before

的气概1
男子气概1

Directly after

气概的1

ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 气概

What does 气概 mean in Chinese?

气概 (qìgài) means lofty quality.

How do you pronounce 气概?

气概 is pronounced qìgài.

Is 气概 an HSK word?

气概 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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