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水泥

shuǐní
noun HSK 6 #7,461

Meanings

  1. 1 cement
  2. 2 concrete

Characters

水
shuǐ
water
泥
ní
mud; clay
Water-mud - cement starts as a powder that becomes like mud when mixed with water.

Examples

HSK 2
这条路是水泥路。
Zhè tiáo lù shì shuǐní lù.
This road is a cement road.
HSK 5
水泥地面很硬。
Shuǐní dìmiàn hěn yìng.
Cement floors are very hard.
HSK 7-9
工人在搅拌水泥。
Gōngrén zài jiǎobàn shuǐní.
The workers are mixing cement.

Tips

usage
Think of it literally: water + mud = cement. When you add water to cement powder, it becomes like mud before hardening.
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In everyday speech 水泥 is often used loosely for concrete, though strictly it names the cement powder.

Stroke Order

水 shuǐ
泥 ní