Definition & Meaning

1.temperament; disposition

3.characteristic

4.the spleen-qi

Word usage

pí qi

脾 气

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1
n.temperament; disposition
- měi gè rén yǒu zì jǐ de pí qi
  每个人有自己的脾气。
  Every man has his humour.
- yīng guó rén pí qi bào zào qīng xiàng yú tuǒ xié
  英国人脾气暴躁，倾向于妥协。
  British were temperamentally predisposed to compromise.
- tā pí qi hěn hǎo
  他脾气很好。
  He has a good disposition.
synonym
xìng qíng性情 pí xìng脾性
2
n.bad temper
- tā pí qi hǎo cóng bù jí zào
  她脾气好，从不急躁。
  She has a good temper and never gets angry.
- tā tiān shēng méi pí qi
  她天生没脾气。
  She was constitutionally incapable of bad temper.
- nǐ de pí qi shì yī jiàn bù lì de shì
  你的脾气是一件不利的事。
  You bad temper is a disadvantage.
3
n.characteristic
- jī qì de pí qi
  机器的脾气
  characteristic of a machine
synonym
gè xìng个性 xìng zi性子
4
n.the spleen-qi
- pí qi bù shū
  脾气不舒
  depression of the spleen-qi
- pí qi xū
  脾气虚
  insufficiency of the spleen-qi
- pí qi xià xiàn
  脾气下陷
  collapse of the spleen-qi

Word usage

common measure word
"脾气" is often matched with measure word "种".
- 一种脾气
  one kind of temper

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