Chinese symbol for “tone”
语气
yǔ qì
Traditional: 語氣
tone; manner of speaking; mood; 个 (gè)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tone is 语气 (yǔ qì), defined as: tone; manner of speaking; mood; 个 (gè).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “tone”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 声调 (聲調) | shēng diào | tone; note |
| 音色 | yīn sè | tone; timbre |
| 音质 (音質) | yīn zhì | tone; sound quality |
| 调头 (調頭) | diào tou | tone (of voice); tune |
| 笔调 (筆調) | bǐ diào | (of writing) tone; style |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 语气.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 语言 (語言) | yǔ yán | language; 门 (mén),种 (zhǒng) |
| 语音 (語音) | yǔ yīn | speech sounds; pronunciation |
| 标语 (標語) | biāo yǔ | written slogan; placard |
| 言语 (言語) | yán yǔ | words; speech |
| 语文 (語文) | yǔ wén | literature and language; (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject) |
| 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) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tone”.
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.