混凝土

hùnníngtǔ

noun HSK 7-9 #12,672

Meanings

1 concrete

Characters

to congeal; to solidify

Examples

HSK 5

混凝土是最常用的建筑材料之一。

Hùnníngtǔ shì zuì chángyòng de jiànzhù cáiliào zhīyī.

Concrete is one of the most commonly used building materials.

HSK 7-9

这栋楼是用混凝土建造的。

Zhè dòng lóu shì yòng hùnníngtǔ jiànzào de.

This building was constructed with concrete.

Tips

memory

混 (mix) + 凝 (congeal/solidify) + 土 (earth) = mixed earth that solidifies. A literal description of how concrete works.

Stroke Order

混 hùn

凝 níng

土 tǔ