气 qì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 气 — air, gas
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
气魄
qìpò
boldness; breadth of spirit
Characters in this word
魄 pò
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 鬼 — ghost
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这项跨海工程体现了建设者改造自然的气魄和精密的组织能力。 Zhè xiàng kuàhǎi gōngchéng tǐxiàn le jiànshèzhě gǎizào zìrán de qìpò hé jīngmì de zǔzhī nénglì. This cross-sea project reflects the builders' boldness in transforming nature and their precise organisational ability.
- 他做事很有气魄，再大的困难也不怕。 Tā zuòshì hěn yǒu qìpò, zài dà de kùnnán yě bù pà. He acts with great boldness; no difficulty, however big, frightens him.
- 写这份报告需要气魄，敢于说出自己的看法。 Xiě zhè fèn bàogào xūyào qìpò, gǎnyú shuō chū zìjǐ de kànfǎ. Writing this report requires boldness — daring to say what you really think.