汽
Meanings
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- 1.steam
- 2.vapor
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Wiktionary
- 1.gas (matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma)
- 2.steam; water vapor
- 3.to tear (to produce tears)
- 4.(historical dictionaries only)
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kʰɯds): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 气 (OC *kʰɯds). Alternatively, an Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 氵 (“water”) + 气 (“air”) - steam. Quite possibly both of these origins could be true, out of convenience. From 氣／气 (qì).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
我沒有汽車。
I don't have a car.
汽車撞上了卡車。
The car crashed into the truck.
汽車油箱是滿的。
The fuel tank in the car is full.
這輛汽車是誰的?
Whose car is this?
這輛汽車是誰的?
Whose is this car?
他坐汽車到波士頓。
He went to Boston by car.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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