# 一口气 (yīkǒuqì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 一口气 (yīkǒuqì) means “in one breath; at a stretch”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: in one breath; at a stretch
- Pinyin: yīkǒuqì (yi1 kou3 qi4)
- Traditional: 一口氣
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 他一口气跑到了五楼。
  Tā yìkǒuqì pǎodàole wǔ lóu.
  He ran up to the fifth floor at a stretch.

## Characters

- [一](https://hanziro.com/word/yi-one/) (yī): one
- [口](https://hanziro.com/word/kou-mouth/) (kǒu): mouth; (measure word) for bites
- [气](https://hanziro.com/word/qi-air/) (qì): air; gas

https://hanziro.com/word/yi-kou-qi-in-one-breath/

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