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汽笛 meaning in English

qìdí

steam whistle; ship horn

18 strokes

Meaning of 汽笛

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

qìdí
  1. steam whistle
  2. ship horn

汽笛 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

汽qì笛dí声shēng响xiǎng起qǐ，船chuán开kāi始shǐ慢màn慢màn地dì驶shǐ离lí港gǎng口kǒu。
A whistle blew, and the boat slowly began to pull out of port.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

汽 qì · gasoline · 7 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3
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  6. 6
  7. 7

笛 dí · bamboo flute · 11 strokes

  1. 1
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  3. 3
  4. 4
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  7. 7
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  11. 11

Related words

Words that share a character with 汽笛.

汽车qìchēcar; automobile
公共汽车gōnggòng qìchēbus
汽油qìyóugasoline
汽水qìshuǐsoda pop; carbonated soft drink
笛子dízibamboo flute
汽车旅馆qìchēlǚguǎnmotel
蒸汽zhēngqìsteam
警笛jǐngdísiren
长笛chángdí(Western) concert flute
汽车站qìchēzhànbus stop; bus station

Questions about 汽笛

What does 汽笛 mean?

汽笛 (qìdí) means "steam whistle; ship horn".

How do you write 汽笛?

汽笛 is made of 2 characters: 汽 (7 strokes), 笛 (11 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.