气 qì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 气 — air, gas
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
气馁
qìněi
discouraged; disheartened
Characters in this word
馁 něi
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 饣 — food
- Made of
- 饣 food 妥 secure, sound
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 实验连续失败后，团队一度很气馁，但仍决定重新调整方案。 Shíyàn liánxù shībài hòu, tuánduì yídù hěn qìněi, dàn réng juédìng chóngxīn tiáozhěng fāng'àn. After the experiment failed repeatedly, the team felt discouraged for a while, but still decided to revise the plan.
- 遇到困难别气馁，慢慢来。 Yùdào kùnnán bié qìněi, mànmàn lái. When you meet difficulties, don't lose heart — take it slowly.
- 他几次求职被拒，却始终没有气馁。 Tā jǐ cì qiúzhí bèi jù, què shǐzhōng méiyǒu qìněi. Though his job applications were rejected several times, he never lost heart.