水泥

shuǐní

noun HSK 6 #7,461

Meanings

Water-mud — cement starts as a powder that becomes like mud when mixed with water.

Zhè tiáo lù shì shuǐ ní lù.

This road is a cement road.

Gōngrén zài jiǎobàn shuǐ ní.

The workers are mixing cement.

Shuǐ ní dìmiàn hěn yìng.

Cement floors are very hard.

usage

Think of it literally: water + mud = cement. When you add water to cement powder, it becomes like mud before hardening.

水 shuǐ

泥 ní