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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

生气 [shēngqì]
  1. 1. verb get angry
  2. 2. noun vitality

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

生气 [shēngqì]
  1. 1. take offence; get angry
    她常无缘无故生气。
    She often gets angry over nothing.
    你生什么气呀？
  2. 2. vim; vitality; animation
    有生气
    energetic; dynamic; vigorous
    毫无生气
    lethargic
    他精力充沛，无论做什么都显得虎虎有生气。
    会议开得很沉闷，毫无生气。
  3. 3. anger
  4. 4. adjective angry; cross
  5. 5. adverb hotly

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

生气 [shēngqì]
  1. 1. 动 遇到不合心意的事而产生不愉快的情绪
    别惹爸爸生气。
  2. 2. 名 生命的活力
    虎虎有生气
    生气盎然。
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Examples

别生气，他不是成心的。
Don't be angry. He didn't mean it. → 成心
他生气地坐在那里，谁也不答理。
She sat there sulking and wouldn't speak to anyone. → 答理
我生气地瞪了他一眼。
I gave him an angry look. → 瞪眼
生气地嘟起了嘴
pout sulkily → 嘟
他有些生气，但当着大家的面又不好发作。
He was angry, but with everybody present, he could not very well show it. → 发作
他故意让我生气。
He made me angry on purpose. → 故意
这个意见你如果换一个讲法就不会惹他生气了。
If you had put your idea in a different way, he wouldn't have been offended. → 讲法
他脸紧绷绷的，像很生气的样子。
He had a taut expression on his face, apparently very angry. → 紧绷绷
我一见他就生气。
As soon as I see him, I get angry. → 就
你就生气也没用。
Even if you get angry, it won't help. → 就
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Collocations

很生气
very angry
生气极了
irritated
生气的样子
an angry appearance
生气地质问
to question somebody angrily
让人生气
to make somebody angry
爱生气
to get angry easily
很有生气
full of life
缺乏生气
a lack of vitality
生气勃勃
vitality
生气不足
a lack of vitality

Word Decomposition

生
[shēng] 		+ 气
[qì]

nciku Note

气愤, 生气 and 发火

“气愤”是形容词，“生气”和“发火”都是动宾词组。这三个词语都表示愤怒，“气愤”、“生气”有时不一定表现出来儿“发火”一般都会表现出来。
气愤 is an adjective while 生气 and 发火 are verb-object phrases. All three indicate indignation. 气愤 and 生气 may not be outwardly expressed, but 发火 is usually revealed.
（1）因为受到了欺骗，他气愤极了。
“气愤”可带“极了”等补语，其他两个词一般不这样用。另外，“气愤”和“生气”可加状语，有时可互换。
气愤 can take 极了 as its complement, but the other two phrases cannot be so used. Besides, 气愤 and 生气 can take an adverbial and the two are sometimes interchangeable.
（2）没有得到应得的奖赏，他很生气（气愤）。
“发火”的词义是最强的。
发火 is the most intense of the three.
（3）他的行为惹得对方发火了。

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