Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
火气
huǒqì
Description
"火气"常常用来说一个人很生气或者容易发脾气的样子。
它也可以指身体里的热,吃太多辣的东西就会有火气。
Meanings
火气huǒqì
anger; temper; irritability
他今天火气很大,别惹他。
火气huǒqì
internal heat in the body (Chinese medicine)
你火气太大,多喝点水。
Related words
Notes
- Etymology
火 (fire) + 气 (air/energy), literally "fire energy," used for both anger and body heat.
- Nuance
火气大 means quick-tempered; differs from 生气, which is being angry at a specific moment.
Links