Temperament in Chinese
temperament · HSK 4
脾气
- 脾 spleen
- 气 air
他脾气很好，从来不生气。 He's very good-tempered and never gets angry.
Other ways to say temperament
More words with 脾 or 气
How do you say temperament in Chinese?
Temperament in Chinese is 脾气 (pí qi). You can also say 性格 (xìng gé), 气质 (qì zhì).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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