# 客气 (kèqi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 客气 (kèqi) means “polite; courteous; modest”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: polite; courteous; modest
- Pinyin: kèqi (ke4 qi5)
- Traditional: 客氣
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 到了我家，你千万别客气。
  Dào le wǒ jiā, nǐ qiānwàn bié kèqi.
  Please make yourself at home and don't stand on ceremony.

## Characters

- 客 (kè): customer; visitor; guest
- [气](https://hanziro.com/word/qi-air/) (qì): air; gas

https://hanziro.com/word/ke-qi-polite/

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