Meaning of 氧气
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- oxygen
How to use 氧气
氧气 (yǎngqì) is the everyday and scientific word for oxygen gas. You hear it in hospitals, science classes and talk about the environment. Example: 病人需要吸氧气。(Bìngrén xūyào xī yǎngqì.) The patient needs to breathe oxygen.
氧 (yǎng) sits under the 气 (qì) "gas" radical, with 羊 (yáng, sheep) inside giving the sound. Picture a sheep breathing in the gas 气 (qì) that keeps it alive: 氧气 (yǎngqì), oxygen.
Common mistake: Learners often say yáng with a second tone because of the 羊 (yáng) part, but 氧 is third tone: yǎng. Also do not mix up 氧气 (yǎngqì, oxygen) with 空气 (kōngqì, air). Air contains oxygen, but they are not the same thing.
氧气 in example sentences
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氧 yǎng · oxygen · 10 strokes
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气 qì · gas · 4 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 氧气.
| 生气 | shēngqì | to get angry; to be furious; vitality; liveliness |
| 天气 | tiānqì | weather |
| 不客气 | bù kèqì | you're welcome; don't mention it |
| 空气 | kōngqì | air; atmosphere |
| 气温 | qìwēn | air temperature |
| 气候 | qìhòu | (meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs) |
| 运气 | yùnqi | luck (good or bad) |
| 勇气 | yǒngqì | courage |
| 力气 | lìqi | physical strength |
| 气球 | qìqiú | balloon |
| 暖气 | nuǎnqì | central heating; heater |
| 客气 | kèqi | polite; courteous |
Questions about 氧气
What does 氧气 mean?
氧气 (yǎngqì) means "oxygen" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 氧气?
氧气 is made of 2 characters: 氧 (10 strokes), 气 (4 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.
Is 氧气 an HSK word?
Yes. 氧气 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 氧气 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 氧气 is written 氧氣.
What does 氧 mean by itself?
氧 (yǎng) is the chemical element oxygen. It appears in other science words such as 二氧化碳 (èryǎnghuàtàn, carbon dioxide) and 缺氧 (quēyǎng, lack of oxygen).
How do you say "oxygen mask" or "oxygen tank" in Chinese?
An oxygen mask is 氧气面罩 (yǎngqì miànzhào), and an oxygen tank is 氧气瓶 (yǎngqìpíng). In hospitals people also say 吸氧 (xīyǎng) for receiving oxygen.