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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qì | qi4
English translation
steam
vapor
gasoline; steam, vapor

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

Liquid  shuǐ gas  also provides the pronunciation

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

氵气

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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方向盘 fāng xiàng pán Cóng 冻僵 dòng jiāng de 手里 shǒu lǐ 滑脱, 汽车 qì chē 便 biàn héng zhāo 穿 chuān Guò le 马路 mǎ lù .

The wheel slipped from my frozen hand, and the car went right across the road.

司机 sījī 识时务 shí shí wù de zhāo yǎn 向前 xiàng qián wàng zhāo ,汽车 qì chē 速度 sùdù 加快 jiā kuài le 一些 yī xiē .

The driver squinted judiciously ahead and built up the speed of the truck a little.

bèi rén Cóng 房子 fáng zi le 出来 chū lái Sāi jìn liàng 汽车 qì chē .

He was yanked out of the house and bundled into a car.

yǒu , 后面 hòumian 一节 Chē xiāng 就是 jiù shì . ”

" Yes, the next sleeper back does. "

安排 ānpái le liàng 汽车 qì chē 车站 chē zhàn jiē 他们 tā men .

I've arranged for a car to pick them up at the station.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
汽车 qì chē car汽車
汽油 qìyóu gasoline汽油 qìyóu
steam
汽水 qì shuǐ soda汽水 qì shuǐ
蒸汽 zhēng qì steam蒸汽 zhēng qì
公共汽车 gōnggòngqìchē bus公共汽車
汽车站 qì chē zhàn bus stop汽車站
小汽车 xiǎo qì chē compact car小汽車
汽笛 qì dí steam whistle汽笛 qì dí
汽艇 qì tǐng motor boat汽艇 qì tǐng
汽化器 qì huà qì carburetor汽化器 qì huà qì
水汽 shuǐ qì steam水汽 shuǐ qì
汽缸 qì gāng cylinder (of steam engine or internal combustion engine)汽缸 qì gāng
汽修 qì xiū auto repair汽修 qì xiū
汽船 qì chuán steamboat汽船 qì chuán
汽酒 qì jiǔ sparkling wine汽酒 qì jiǔ
长途汽车 cháng tú qì chē long-distance coach長途汽車
汽化 qì huà to boil汽化 qì huà
出租汽车 chū zū qì chē taxi出租汽車
蒸汽机 zhēng qì jī steam engine蒸汽機

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Decomposition

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