To be angry is an emotion expressed towards something or someone you feel has done you wrong. Angry in Chinese can be expressed as 愤怒 Fèn nù; 生气 shēng qì; 气恼 qì nǎo; 发火 fā huǒ; 动怒 dòng nù.
Of all these angry expressions in Chinese, we will talk about 生气 shēng qì in this post.
生气 is a Separable verb
What is a separable verb? A separable verb is the ability to separate into two parts – a verb part and an object part, with other words in between. For example,
他在生气 tā zài shēng qì
He is angry.
他在生自己的气 tā zài shēng zì jǐ de qì
He is angry at himself.
Different Chinese word in between 生气 shēng qì
Using a different Chinese word in between 生气 shēng qì will express a completely different meaning in Chinese.
- 他正生着气。tā zhèng shēng zhe qì. He is angry at the moment.
- 他生了一整天气。Tā shēng le yī zhěng tiān qì He has been angry all day.
- 他生过气。Tā shēng guò qì. He was angry.
- 他在生你的气。Tā zài shēng nǐ de qì. He is angry with you.
Using 生气 shēng qì to describe angry person
他已经生了半天气，到现在还没消。
tā yǐ jīng shēng le bàn tiān qì, dào xiàn zài hái méi xiāo.
He has been angry for half a day but still has not cool down yet.
The Chinese word 气 qì can also be placed before 生 shēng to describe a person who is angry.
等你气完了再跟你讲。
Děng nǐ qì wán liǎo zài gēn nǐ jiǎng.
I will talk to you after you are no longer angry.
How to describe an Angry appearance using 生气 shēng qì
他看起来很生气。tā kàn qǐ lái hěn shēng qì.
He appears to be very angry ( looks very angry is the predicate)
彼得生气的样子很吓人。Bǐdé shēng qì de yang zi hěn xià rén.
Peter’s angry look is very scary.
他一生气就像疯人似的。tā yī shēng qì jiù xiàng fēng rén shì de.
He is like a mad man when he is angry.
Using 生气 shēng qì to express your Anger with somebody
妈妈因为彼得考试不及格而生气。
Māma yīn wèi bǐ dé kǎo shì bù jí gé ér shēng qì.
Mother is angry with Peter because he failed the exam.
他在生女朋友的气。
tā zài shēng nǚ péng yǒu de qì.
He is angry with his girlfriend.
他对女朋友感到很生气。
tā duì nǚ péng yǒu gǎn dào hěn shēng qì.
He is angry with his girlfriend.
Other conversational word related to 生气
发脾气 Fā pí qì
她爱发大小姐脾气。
tā ài fā xiǎo jiě pí qì.
She loves to lose her temper over nothing.
大小姐脾气 is use to describe a lady who is a spoiled brat and get angry easily over minor things.
发火 fā huǒ
不是我的错，别对我发火。
bú shì wǒ de cuò, bié duì wǒ fā huǒ.
It’s not my fault, don’t be angry with me.
火大 huǒ dà
今天彼得怎么这么火大？
Jīn tiān bǐ dé zěn me zhè me huǒ dà?
Why is Peter so furious today?
气死 qì sǐ
我被你气死了。
Wǒ bèi nǐ qì sǐ le.
I am pissed off by you.
惹毛 Rě máo
你把我惹毛了。
Nǐ bǎ wǒ rě máo le.
You are getting on my nerves.
Chinese Idioms to describe anger or to be angry
大发雷霆 dà fā léi tíng
听到消息后，他大发雷霆的走出去。
tīng dào xiāo xī hòu, tā dà fā léi tíng de zǒu chū qù.
After hearing the news, he went out furiously.
怒气冲冲 nù qì chōng chōng
他怒气冲冲的走出学校。
Tā nù qì chōng chōng de zǒu chū xué xiào.
He walked out of school angrily.
勃然大怒 bó rán dà nù
他的勃然大怒让大家很吃惊。
tā de bó rán dà nù ràng dà jiā hěn chī jīng.
His sudden rage surprised everyone.
怒发冲冠 nù fà chōng guān
无理的批评让他怒发冲冠。
Wú lǐ de pī píng ràng tā nù fà chōng guān.
Unreasonable criticism made him angry.
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