气 qì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 气 — air, gas
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
气色
qìsè
complexion; facial colour
Characters in this word
色 sè
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 色 — color, tint, hue, shade
- Made of
- ⺈ knife 巴 to cling
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 手术后休养了一个月，他的气色明显比之前红润多了。 Shǒushù hòu xiūyǎng le yí ge yuè, tā de qìsè míngxiǎn bǐ zhīqián hóngrùn duō le. After resting for a month after the operation, his complexion was clearly much rosier than before.
- 你今天气色真好，是不是度假刚回来？ Nǐ jīntiān qìsè zhēn hǎo, shì bu shì dùjià gāng huílái? You look really well today — did you just get back from vacation?
- 他连着熬了几个通宵，气色看起来很差，眼睛都红了。 Tā liánzhe áo le jǐ ge tōngxiāo, qìsè kàn qǐlái hěn chà, yǎnjing dōu hóng le. He stayed up several nights in a row; his complexion looks terrible and his eyes are even red.