气人

氣人

qìrén

verb #28,588

Meanings

1 to infuriate someone
2 to make someone angry
3 to be annoying

Characters

anger; air; breath; energy

Examples

他说的话真气人！

Tā shuō de huà zhēn qì rén!

What he said was really infuriating!

这件事太气人了，我忍不住发火。

Zhè jiàn shì tài qì rén le, wǒ rěnbuzhù fāhuǒ.

This whole thing is so infuriating, I can't help but blow up.

Tips

memory

气 means 'anger/breath/energy'. 气人 = to make someone's 气 boil. Think of it as literally 'angerify a person'.

Stroke Order

气 qì

人 rén