What does 客气 mean in Chinese?

客气 (kè qi) means "polite; courteous; formal; modest" in Chinese. It is an HSK Level 5 word.

How do you pronounce 客气?

客气 is pronounced "kè qi" in Mandarin Chinese. It is made up of 2 syllables.

客气 is made up of the characters 客, 气. Each character has its own meaning and can appear in other words.

You can practice writing 客气 using our stroke order tool.

客气

kè qi

polite; courteous; formal; modest

Traditional: 客氣

你太客气了。

Nǐ tài kèqi le

You're too polite

HSK 3.0: Level 5

Reviewed by Rudolph Minister, Founder and HSK Instructor.