# 叹气 (tànqì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 叹气 (tànqì) means “to sigh”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to sigh
- Pinyin: tànqì (tan4 qi4)
- Traditional: 嘆氣
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 听到坏消息，他不禁叹气。
  Tīngdào huài xiāoxi, tā bùjīn tànqì.
  Hearing the bad news, he couldn't help sighing.

## Characters

- 叹 (tàn): to sigh; to exclaim
- [气](https://hanziro.com/word/qi-air/) (qì): air; gas

https://hanziro.com/word/tan-qi-sigh/

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