The Chinese word **怒气 (nùqì)**, meaning "anger" or "rage," is a compound noun formed through a straightforward semantic combination of two meaningful characters: **怒 (nù)**, which means "anger" or "fury" on its own, and **气 (qì)**, which in this context denotes "air," "energy," or "atmosphere." The structure follows a common modifier-head pattern in Chinese morphology, where the first character **怒** modifies and specifies the type of the second character **气**. Thus, the compound literally translates to "the energy/air of anger," conceptualizing anger as a palpable, rising force or emotional atmosphere. This formation is analogous to other emotion-related words like **火气 (huǒqì, "fire/heat of anger")** and demonstrates how abstract states are often expressed through concrete, physical metaphors in Chinese vocabulary.