Chinese symbol for “gas”
气
qì
Traditional: 氣
gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry
The closest CC-CEDICT match for gas is 气 (qì), defined as: gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “gas”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 气体 (氣體) | qì tǐ | gas (i.e. gaseous substance) |
| 瓦斯 | wǎ sī | gas (loanword) |
| 煤气 (煤氣) | méi qì | coal gas; gas (fuel) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 气.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 天气 (天氣) | tiān qì | weather |
| 空气 (空氣) | kōng qì | air; atmosphere |
| 气候 (氣候) | qì hòu | (meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs) |
| 生气 (生氣) | shēng qì | to get angry; to be furious; vitality; liveliness |
| 勇气 (勇氣) | yǒng qì | courage |
| 气氛 (氣氛) | qì fēn | atmosphere; mood |
See also: Japanese symbol for “gas”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.