汽 (qì): steam, vapor
汽 (qì) is a Chinese character meaning “steam.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (structural) and 气 (structural). It ranks #1195 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 汽 liquid 氵 gas 气; 气 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 没 (méi, (negative prefix for verbs) have not).
Definitions
- steam
- vapor
Etymology & Origin
ideographicLiquid 氵 gas 气; 气 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿰氵气 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 汽
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蒸汽 | zhēng qì | steam |
| 汽车站 | qì chē zhàn | bus stop |
| 汽笛 | qì dí | steam whistle |
| 汽化器 | qì huà qì | carburetor |
| 小汽车 | xiǎo qì chē | compact car |
| 汽艇 | qì tǐng | motor boat |
| 长途汽车 | cháng tú qì chē | long-distance coach |
| 汽酒 | qì jiǔ | sparkling wine |
| 汽缸 | qì gāng | cylinder (of steam engine or internal combustion engine) |
| 汽船 | qì chuán | steamboat |
| 出租汽车 | chū zū qì chē | taxi |
| 汽化 | qì huà | to boil |
| 水汽 | shuǐ qì | water vapor |
| 蒸汽机 | zhēng qì jī | steam engine |
| 汽修 | qì xiū | auto repair |
汽 appears in 58 compound words: 52 as the first character, 7 as the last, and 41 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 汽 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
Example Sentences
这条汽流经三个省份，滋养了沿岸的农田。
zhè tiáo qì liú jīng sān gě shěng fèn , zī yǎng le yán àn de nóng tián .
This airflow traverses three provinces, nourishing the farmland along its path.
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zài qì lǚ dú shā 2 nán ! hán guó shé 蝎 měi rén zhào piàn pù guāng I G fěn . . .
Poisoned 2 men in the automobile tour! Korean femme fatale photos exposed IG fans...
沃尔沃汽车因电池过热风险召回超4万辆EX30
wò ěr wò qì chē yīn diàn chí guò rè fēng xiǎn zhào huí chāo 4 wàn liàng E X 3 0
Volvo Cars recalled more than 40,000 EX30s due to the risk of battery overheating
富豪汽车因电池过热风险召回逾4万辆EX30
fù háo qì chē yīn diàn chí guò rè fēng xiǎn zhào huí yú 4 wàn liàng E X 3 0
Volvo Automobile recalled more than 40,000 EX30s due to the risk of battery overheating
广汽本田推出雅阁 e:PHEV 老客户复购价...
guǎng qì běn tián tuī chū yǎ gé e : P H E V lǎo kè hù fù gòu jià . . .
Guangqi Honda launches Accord e:PHEV repurchase price for old customers...
一辆载有8名中国游客的汽车在俄贝加尔湖沉没
yī liàng zài yǒu 8 míng zhōng guó yóu kè de qì chē zài é bèi jiā ěr hú chén méi
A car carrying eight Chinese tourists sank in Lake Baikal
公共汽车上发生什么了？
Gōnggòngqìchē shàng fāshēng shénme le?
What happened on the bus?
你是否坐公共汽车去上学？
Nǐ shìfǒu zuò gōnggòngqìchē qù shàngxué?
Do you go to school by bus?
公共汽车多久发车一次？
Gōnggòngqìchē duōjiǔ fāchē yīcì?
How often does the bus run?
这座城市有几个汽车站？
Zhè zuò chéngshì yǒu jǐge qìchēzhàn?
How many bus stations are there in this city?
Character Family
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