神 shén
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 礻 — spirit
- Made of
- 礻 spirit 申 to report
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
神气
shénqì
expression; air; proud; spirited
Characters in this word
气 qì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 气 — air, gas
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 获奖后的孩子一脸神气，仿佛已经站上了世界舞台。 Huòjiǎng hòu de háizi yì liǎn shénqì, fǎngfú yǐjīng zhàn shàng le shìjiè wǔtái. After winning the prize, the child looked proud, as if already standing on the world stage.
- 穿上新校服，他神气极了。 Chuān shàng xīn xiàofú, tā shénqì jíle. Wearing his new school uniform, he looked extremely proud.
- 他一得意就摆出一副神气的样子。 Tā yì déyì jiù bǎi chū yīfù shénqì de yàngzi. Whenever he gets smug, he puts on a proud air.
Related words
- 精神 jīngshén spirit
- 精神 jīngshen energetic
- 神话 shénhuà myth
- 神秘 shénmì mysterious
- 神 shén god
- 神经 shénjīng nerve
- 神奇 shénqí amazing; magical
- 神情 shénqíng facial expression
- 出神 chūshén to be lost in thought; entranced
- 精神病 jīngshénbìng mental illness; psychiatric disorder
- 聚精会神 jùjīnghuìshén to concentrate fully; with rapt attention
- 留神 liúshén to take care; to watch out