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title: "Liqi Meaning: 力气 (strength) or 离奇 (bizarre)?"
description: "力气 (traditional 力氣, lìqi) means “strength; effort”. Not the liqi you heard? See 离奇. Hear its tones, see what 力 and 气 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/liqi"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 力气 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

力气 lìqi

## strength; effort

## Its characters

1. 力 lì force
2. 气 qì air

## In a sentence

他力气很大，一个人就把箱子搬上去了。 He's very strong and carried the box up by himself.

天帝很感动，就让两个**力气**很大的神把两座山背走了。

From [愚公移山 · The foolish old man who moved the mountains](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/yu-gong-yi-shan-the-foolish-old-man-who-moved-mountains#library-word-466-468)

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## Other words said liqi

- [离奇líqíbizarre](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E7%A6%BB%E5%A5%87)

## More words with 力 or 气

- [暴力 bàolì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/baoli)
- [大力 dàlì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dali)
- [大气 dàqì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/daqi)
- [电力 diànlì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dianli)
- [动力 dònglì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/dongli)
- [乏力 fálì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/fali)
- [活力 huólì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/huoli)
- [接力 jiēlì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/jieli)
- [尽力 jìnlì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/jinli)
- [空气 kōngqì](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/kongqi)

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