气不忿儿

氣不忿兒

qìbufènr

adjective

Meanings

1 furious
2 indignant
3 unable to swallow one's anger

Characters

anger; resentment

(érhuà suffix)

Examples

看到他们这样不公平，我心里气不忿儿。

Kàndào tāmen zhèyàng bù gōngpíng, wǒ xīnli qìbufènr.

Seeing them being so unfair, I felt indignant.

他气不忿儿地拍了一下桌子。

Tā qìbufènr de pāi le yí xià zhuōzi.

Furious, he slammed the table.

Tips

register

Colloquial Beijing dialect — note the 儿 (érhuà) ending. The 不 is unstressed and pronounced with a neutral tone (bu). Closer to “I can't stand it that…” than plain anger; carries a flavor of injustice.

Stroke Order

气 qì

不 bù

忿 fèn

儿 ér