Chinese symbol for “lethargy”
暮气
mù qì
Traditional: 暮氣
evening mist; fig. declining spirits; lethargy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lethargy is 暮气 (mù qì), defined as: evening mist; fig. declining spirits; lethargy.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 暮气.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 日暮 | rì mù | sunset |
| 暮色 | mù sè | twilight |
| 暮年 | mù nián | one's declining years; one's old age |
| 薄暮 | bó mù | dusk; twilight |
| 朝思暮想 | zhāo sī mù xiǎng | to yearn for sth day and night (idiom) |
| 朝三暮四 | zhāo sān mù sì | lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon; indecisive |
| 天气 (天氣) | tiān qì | weather |
| 空气 (空氣) | kōng qì | air; atmosphere |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lethargy”.
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.