语气yǔqì 1.说话的口气{tone; manner of speech}: 听他的～,这事大概有点不妙。{From the way he spoke about the matter, I gathered something had gone wrong.} 2.表示陈述、疑问、祈使、感叹等分别的语法范畴。{mood; a category of grammar indicating a fact (indicative mood), a question (interrogative mood), a command (imperative mood) or an exclamation (exclamatory mood)}