# 骨气 (gǔqì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 骨气 (gǔqì) means “backbone; integrity; grit”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: backbone; integrity; grit
- Pinyin: gǔqì (gu3 qi4)
- Traditional: 骨氣
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他是一个很有骨气的正直人。
  Tā shì yī gè hěn yǒu gǔqì de zhèngzhí rén.
  He is an upright man of great integrity.

## Characters

- 骨 (gǔ): bone
- [气](https://hanziro.com/word/qi-air/) (qì): air; gas

https://hanziro.com/word/gu-qi-backbone/

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