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汽 qì steam

How to remember 汽: 氵 water + 气 air = steam. In the tiny bathroom the hot water runs so long that the air turns white and the mirror disappears in steam.

  • 1,200. most frequent character
  • HSK 3
  • 7 strokes
  • Radical 水

Component breakdown

汽 = 氵 water + 气 air

  • 氵 water
  • 气 air
The Gushi story

In the tiny bathroom the hot water runs so long that the air turns white and the mirror disappears in steam.

How it is used

  • Steam / vapor - and by extension the 'auto' morpheme: 汽车 (qìchē) car, 汽油 (qìyóu) gasoline, 汽水 (qìshuǐ) fizzy drink/soda.
  • Note the split from near-twin 气 (qì, air/gas/breath): 汽 has the water radical 氵 and means water-vapor or steam; 蒸汽 (zhēngqì) steam. Don't write 气车.
  • 水汽 (shuǐqì) = moisture/water vapor in the air.

Words with 汽

Example sentences

  • 汽车出问题了。 Qìchē chū wèntí le.There's something wrong with the car.
  • 有了汽车很方便。 Yǒule qìchē hěn fāngbiàn.It's very convenient to have a car.
  • 附近有公共汽车站。 Fùjìn yǒu gōnggòng qìchēzhàn.There's a bus stop nearby.
  • 停车场停了许多汽车。 Tíngchēchǎng tíngle xǔduō qìchē.There are a lot of cars parked in the parking lot.