气人 (qì rén) — to be annoying, infuriating | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

气人 (qì rén) means 'annoying, infuriating' — used for things that make you feel angry. Stronger than 可恨, more colloquial than formal words like 恼人.

to be annoyinginfuriating

Examples

气人。
Zhè jiàn shì zhēn qì rén.
This matter is really infuriating.
，。
Tā zhè yàng zuò, zhēn shì qì sǐ rén le.
His doing this is extremely annoying.
，气人。
Bié shuō le, yuè shuō yuè qì rén.
Stop talking, the more you talk the more annoying it gets.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

气qìto anger

气 (to anger) plus 人 (person) describes something that angers people.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 氣; 气 is its simplified writing.

气米氣

Meaning part形符xíngfú

米米mǐrice

Sound part声符shēngfú

气

气qì氣qì

Same sound today

The traditional form 氣 pairs 米 (rice) with 气, which supplies the sound; the simplified 气 is a later abbreviation.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

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