尾气

尾氣

wěiqì

noun HSK 7 #29,250

Measure Word

一股尾气 gǔ

Meanings

1 exhaust (from vehicles)
2 tailpipe emissions

Characters

Examples

汽车尾气是城市空气污染的主要来源。

Qìchē wěiqì shì chéngshì kōngqì wūrǎn de zhǔyào láiyuán.

Car exhaust is a major source of urban air pollution.

政府正在加强尾气排放标准。

Zhèngfǔ zhèngzài jiāqiáng wěiqì páifàng biāozhǔn.

The government is tightening exhaust emission standards.

Tips

memory

尾气 = tail (尾) gas (气) — the gas that comes out of a vehicle's tail end (exhaust pipe).

Stroke Order

尾 wěi

气 qì