气泵 (qìbèng) · air pump

Measure Word

一台气泵 tái

HSK 4

自行车没气了，我去拿气泵。

Zìxíngchē méi qì le, wǒ qù ná qìbèng.

The bike tyre has gone flat; I'll go and get the air pump.

HSK 7-9

鱼缸里的气泵坏了，鱼一直在水面上吸气。

Yúgāng lǐ de qìbèng huài le, yú yìzhí zài shuǐmiàn shàng xīqì.

The air pump in the fish tank broke, and the fish kept gulping air at the surface.

usage

Pumping up a tyre or a ball is 打气, done with a 气泵 or a hand pump, 打气筒. The small pump that bubbles air into an aquarium is a 气泵 too.

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