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气

make angry, upset, be angry with, be mad at, air; breath

verb Uncommon #8,845
make angry, upset Often used with the person who becomes angry as the object.
CH: 他总是气我。
EN: He always makes me angry.
be angry with, be mad at In this use, the person named after 气 is the one the speaker is angry with.
CH: 我还在气他。
EN: I'm still mad at him.

你不应该气你妈

You shouldn't make your mom angry.

— 四百击 (1959)

但是我更气她

But I'm even angrier with her.

— 回归 (2006)

什么让你气到爆炸呢

What makes you so furious?

— 坠落的审判 (2023)

我想你女朋友这次一定很气我

I think your girlfriend must be really mad at me this time.

— 警察故事 (1985)

她很气我

She’s very angry with me.

— 回归 (2006)

我知道你一定很气我

I know you're really mad at me.

— 第五元素 (1997)

我是气你刚才说的话

I'm upset with you over what you just said.

— 警察故事 (1985)

别气啦

Don't be mad.

— 唐人街探案 (2015)

我知道你非常气我

I know you're really mad at me.

— 蔷花，红莲 (2003)

我已经被你气老了

You've made me age with all your frustrating behavior.

— 海角七号 (2008)

气什么气

What are you getting so worked up about?

— Dying to Survive (2018)

我看到都笑喷了，她好气我

I burst out laughing when I saw it—she’s so mad at me.

— 大病 (2017)

我不是气你这个

I'm not mad at you about this.

— 警察故事 (1985)

父亲总是非常生气他气自己赚钱太少…

Father is always very angry. He’s angry with himself for earning too little…

— 好家伙 (1990)

你会气出病来的

You'll make yourself sick with all that anger.

— 小萝莉的猴神大叔 (2015)

你妈还是很气你

Your mom is still really mad at you.

— 大病 (2017)

刚刚气着了

I just got angry.

— 美人鱼 (2016)

noun Rare #14,495
air; breath As a noun, 气 can mean air or the breath you inhale or exhale.
CH: 他吸了口气。
EN: He took a breath.

我还叫他，一直到他咽了气。

I kept calling his name until he breathed his last.

所以，你才让我喘不过气！

So that's why you make it hard for me to breathe!

— 铃芽之旅 (2022)

我喘不过来气了

I can't catch my breath.

— 这个杀手不太冷 (1994)

我看你根本是紧张得连气都不敢喘

You look so nervous you don't even dare breathe.

— 一一 (2000)

别吹气！

Don't blow!

— 阿玛柯德 (1973)

请吹气

Please blow.

— The Captain (2019)

可是我现在要喘不上气了你快掐死我了

But I can’t breathe—I’m suffocating. You’re strangling me!

— 妈咪 (2014)

我在刀上吹了气

I blew on the knife.

— 幽灵公主 (1997)

他吸了口气。

He took a breath.