水 shuǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 水 — water, liquid, lotion, juice
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
水汽
shuǐqì
water vapour; moisture
Characters in this word
汽 qì
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 气 air, gas
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 清晨的水汽凝在玻璃上，把窗外的街景遮得模模糊糊。 Qīngchén de shuǐqì níng zài bōli shang, bǎ chuāngwài de jiējǐng zhē de mómohūhū. The morning moisture condensed on the glass, blurring the street scene outside the window.
- 水壶一开，水汽就从壶嘴里冒出来。 Shuǐhú yī kāi, shuǐqì jiù cóng húzuǐ li mào chūlái. As soon as the kettle boiled, steam began to rise from its spout.
- 浴室里水汽很大，镜子全被遮住了。 Yùshì lǐ shuǐqì hěn dà, jìngzi quán bèi zhē zhù le. There is a lot of steam in the bathroom; the mirror is completely fogged over.