志 zhì
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
志气
zhìqì
ambition; backbone; determination
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
- 一个团队若没有志气，再完善的资源也难以转化为真正的竞争力。 Yí gè tuánduì ruò méiyǒu zhìqì, zài wánshàn de zīyuán yě nányǐ zhuǎnhuà wéi zhēnzhèng de jìngzhēnglì. If a team lacks ambition and backbone, even excellent resources are hard to turn into real competitiveness.
- 他从小就有志气，靠自己的努力考上了理想的大学。 Tā cóngxiǎo jiù yǒu zhìqì, kào zìjǐ de nǔlì kǎoshàngle lǐxiǎng de dàxué. Since childhood he has had great drive; through his own effort he got into the university of his dreams.
- 遇到再大的困难，我们也绝不能失去志气。 Yùdào zài dà de kùnnán, wǒmen yě jué bùnéng shīqù zhìqì. No matter how great the difficulties we meet, we must never lose our determination.
Related words
- 杂志 zázhì magazine
- 志愿 zhìyuàn wish; to volunteer
- 志愿者 zhìyuànzhě volunteer
- 标志 biāozhì sign; symbol
- 意志 yìzhì willpower
- 斗志 dòuzhì fighting spirit; morale
- 励志 lìzhì to inspire; motivational; to set one's ambition
- 同志 tóngzhì comrade; person with shared ideals
- 志向 zhìxiàng aspiration; ambition; ideal
- 众志成城 zhòngzhìchéngchéng unity is strength; united we stand
- 不客气 búkèqi you're welcome
- 生气 shēngqì angry; to get angry