Chinese symbol for “polite”
客气
kè qi
Traditional: 客氣
polite; courteous; formal; modest
The closest CC-CEDICT match for polite is 客气 (kè qi), defined as: polite; courteous; formal; modest.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “polite”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 斯文 | sī wén | refined; educate |
| 礼貌 (禮貌) | lǐ mào | courtesy; politeness; manners; courteous; polite |
| 有礼貌 (有禮貌) | yǒu lǐ mào | courteous; polite |
| 和气 (和氣) | hé qi | friendly; polite |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 客气.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 客户 (客戶) | kè hù | client; customer |
| 游客 (遊客) | yóu kè | traveler; tourist; (online gaming) guest player |
| 博客 | bó kè | (loanword) a blog; a blogger |
| 顾客 (顧客) | gù kè | customer; client; measure word: 位 (wèi) |
| 客观 (客觀) | kè guān | objective; impartial |
| 乘客 | chéng kè | passenger |
| 天气 (天氣) | tiān qì | weather |
| 空气 (空氣) | kōng qì | air; atmosphere |
See also: Japanese symbol for “polite”.
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.