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蒸汽

zhēng qì

2-character word

What 蒸汽 means

1. steam

The characters in 蒸汽

• 蒸zhēngto evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old)
• 汽qìsteam; vapor

Example sentences

• 水沸腾后变为蒸汽。
  Shuǐ fèiténg hòu biànwéi zhēngqì.
  Water turns into steam when it is boiled.
• 蒸汽从发动机冒了出来。
  Zhēngqì cóng fādòngjī mào le chūlái.
  Steam is coming out of the engine.
• 机械力代替人力, 这是蒸汽机发明的结果。
  Jīxiè lì dàitì rénlì, zhè shì zhēngqìjī fāmíng de jiéguǒ.
  The result of the invention of the steam engine was that human power was replaced by mechanical power.

Words starting with 蒸汽

• 蒸汽机zhēng qì jīsteam engine
• 蒸汽机车zhēng qì jī chēsteam locomotive
• 蒸汽压路机zhēng qì yā lù jīsteamroller
• 蒸汽挂烫机zhēng qì guà tàng jīgarment steamer

Sounds the same

Read zhēng qì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 争气to work hard for sth; to resolve on improvement; determined not to fall short
• 蒸气vapor; steam