语气

• Pinyin: yǔ qì
• Desglose de hanzi: 语 = 讠+ 吾 (speech radical + I/me — one's own speech, language); 气 = rising vapour pictograph (breath, vital energy, quality)

Significado

tono; manera de hablar; matiz

Covers both the prosodic dimension (intonation, stress, pace) and the pragmatic dimension (assertiveness, politeness, tentitiveness, authority). In linguistics, 语气 also refers to grammatical mood (indicative, imperative, subjunctive). In everyday use, key collocations: 语气强硬 (forceful/stern tone), 语气温和 (gentle tone), 语气坚定 (firm tone), 改变语气 (to change one's tone).

Ejemplos

1. 发言人就此回应时措辞严厉、语气强硬，市场解读为两国关系明显恶化的信号。
2. 好语文教师朗读作品时，总能用细腻的语气把文字背后的情感和节奏传给学生。
3. 谈判中，工会语气从咄咄逼人转为协商，资方据此判断其内部立场可能已有分歧。

Guía de uso

Contexto: communication, linguistics, diplomacy, interpersonal

Tono: neutral

Correcto

• 跨文化商务谈判中，准确辨别对方语气信号，常决定谈判走向，也是机器翻译难以替代译员的原因。(In cross-cultural business negotiations, accurately reading the other side's tone signals often determines the direction of the talks, and it is also one reason machine translation cannot easily replace interpreters.)
• 这位剧作家说，他最看重的不是情节，而是对对话语气的把控，因为语气更能揭示人物内心。(This playwright said that what he values most is not plot, but control of dialogue tone, because tone reveals a character's inner world more clearly.)

Incorrecto

• 他的语气很好 — 语气 describes quality/character of tone, not its social reception; 语气好 is ambiguous and sounds incomplete; say 他的语气很温和 (his tone was gentle) or 他说话的语气很有亲和力 (his speaking manner was very approachable) for clarity

Origen e historia

语 (language/speech — 讠speech radical + 吾 I/me, one's own words) + 气 (breath/qi/air — originally pictograph of rising vapour). Together: the breath/spirit of one's speech.

Contexto cultural

Generación: All ages

Contexto social: Universal