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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 客气

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
客气 kè qi - polite
- courteous
- formal
- modest

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 5 1,265 8,924 7,408

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
客 kè- customer; visitor; guest
- classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food)
气 qì- gas; air
- smell
- weather
- to make angry; to annoy; to get angry
- vital energy; qi

Other Words Containing 客气

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
客气 - 5 1,265 8,924 7,408
客气话 - - 44,021 77,120 59,882
毫不客气 - - 52,408 28,435 44,283