泄 xiè
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 世 generation, era, age
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
泄气
xièqì
to lose heart; to feel discouraged
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
- 研究连续失败并没有让团队泄气，反而促使他们重新审视假设。 Yánjiū liánxù shībài bìng méiyǒu ràng tuánduì xièqì, fǎn'ér cùshǐ tāmen chóngxīn shěnshì jiǎshè. Repeated research failures did not discourage the team; instead, they prompted them to re-examine their assumptions.
- 学了半年钢琴还是弹不好，他有点泄气了。 Xué le bànnián gāngqín háishi tán bu hǎo, tā yǒudiǎn xièqì le. After half a year of lessons he still couldn't play the piano well, and he got a bit discouraged.
- 比赛输了别泄气，下次继续努力。 Bǐsài shū le bié xièqì, xiàcì jìxù nǔlì. Don't lose heart over losing the match; keep working hard next time.
Related words
- 发泄 fāxiè to vent; to give vent to
- 泄 xiè to discharge; to leak; to vent
- 泄漏 xièlòu to leak; to disclose
- 泄露 xièlòu to leak; to disclose
- 泄密 xièmì to leak secrets; to disclose confidential information
- 宣泄 xuānxiè to vent; to let out
- 不客气 búkèqi you're welcome
- 生气 shēngqì angry; to get angry
- 天气 tiānqì weather
- 空气 kōngqì air
- 气 qì air; anger
- 气温 qìwēn air temperature