蒸汽 meaning in English

zhēngqì

steam

20 strokes

Meaning of 蒸汽

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zhēngqì
  1. steam

蒸汽 in example sentences

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

机jī械xiè力lì代dài替tì人rén力lì, 这zhè是shì蒸zhēng汽qì机jī发fā明míng的de结jié果guǒ。
The result of the invention of the steam engine was that human power was replaced by mechanical power.
水shuǐ沸fèi腾téng后hòu变biàn为wèi蒸zhēng汽qì。
Water steams when it boils.

Stroke order for each character

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

蒸 zhēng · to evaporate · 13 strokes

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汽 qì · gasoline · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 蒸汽.

汽车qìchēcar; automobile
公共汽车gōnggòng qìchēbus
汽油qìyóugasoline
汽水qìshuǐsoda pop; carbonated soft drink
汽车旅馆qìchēlǚguǎnmotel
蒸发zhēngfāto evaporate; (fig.) to vanish; to disappear
蒸气zhēngqìvapor; steam
人间蒸发rénjiānzhēngfāto vanish; to disappear from the face of the earth
汽车站qìchēzhànbus stop; bus station
汽笛qìdísteam whistle; ship horn

Questions about 蒸汽

What does 蒸汽 mean?

蒸汽 (zhēngqì) means "steam".

How do you write 蒸汽?

蒸汽 is made of 2 characters: 蒸 (13 strokes), 汽 (7 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.