水泥 shuǐní cement
How to remember 水泥: 水 water + 泥 mud = cement.
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How it is used
- Cement - 水泥地 (shuǐní dì) cement/concrete floor, 一袋水泥 (yí dài shuǐní) a bag of cement.
- The construction material; 水 (water) + 泥 (mud). Measure word 袋 (bag).
- Contrast 混凝土 (hùnníngtǔ, concrete); 水泥 is the powder/binder, 混凝土 is the mixed set material.