汽

汽 qì in a sentence

Vapor (steam)

Full dictionary entry 20 sentences

汽 (qì) means Vapor (steam). Below are 20 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

汽 油又涨价了。

Qìyóu yòu zhǎng jià le.

Petrol has gone up in price again.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 汽油

车里没 汽 油了。

Chē lǐ méi qìyóu le.

The car is out of petrol.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 汽油

他是公共 汽 车司机。

Tā shì gōnggòng qìchē sījī.

He is a bus driver.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 司机

我给 汽 车买了保险。

Wǒ gěi qìchē mǎi le bǎoxiǎn.

I bought insurance for the car.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 保险

他坐长途 汽 车回家。

Tā zuò chángtú qìchē huí jiā.

He goes home by long-distance bus.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 长途

这家工厂生产 汽 车。

Zhè jiā gōngchǎng shēngchǎn qìchē.

This factory makes cars.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 工厂

工厂生产 汽 车零件。

Gōngchǎng shēngchǎn qìchē língjiàn.

The factory makes car parts.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 零件

我坐公共 汽 车去学校。

Wǒ zuò gōnggòng qìchē qù xuéxiào.

I take the bus to school.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 公共汽车

这里的公共 汽 车很多。

Zhèlǐ de gōnggòng qìchē hěn duō.

There are a lot of buses here.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 公共汽车

汽 车的引擎出了问题。

Qìchē de yǐnqíng chū le wèntí.

There is something wrong with the car's engine.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 引擎

早上的公共 汽 车人很多。

Zǎoshang de gōnggòng qìchē rén hěn duō.

The buses are crowded in the morning.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 早上

这家工厂制造 汽 车零件。

Zhè jiā gōngchǎng zhìzào qìchē língjiàn.

This factory manufactures car parts.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 制造

汽 车每半年要保养一次。

Qìchē měi bàn nián yào bǎoyǎng yí cì.

A car should be serviced once every six months.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 保养

没有公共 汽 车,我只好走路。

Méiyǒu gōnggòng qìchē, wǒ zhǐhǎo zǒu lù.

There was no bus, so I had to walk.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 只好

屋外不时传来 汽 车的喇叭声。

Wū wài bùshí chuánlái qìchē de lǎba shēng.

Car horns sounded outside every now and then.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 不时

汽 车开过,泥水溅了我一身。

Qìchē kāi guò, níshuǐ jiàn le wǒ yì shēn.

A car drove past and splashed muddy water all over me.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 溅

你可以选择坐地铁或者公共 汽 车。

Nǐ kěyǐ xuǎnzé zuò dìtiě huòzhě gōnggòng qìchē.

You can choose to take the subway or the bus.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 选择

空气中的水 汽 达到饱和就会结成雾。

Kōngqì zhōng de shuǐqì dádào bǎohé jiù huì jié chéng wù.

When the water vapour in the air reaches saturation it turns into fog.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 饱和

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From the graded readers

那天我先坐公共 汽 车去了商场,又去了图书馆。

nà / nèi tiān wǒ xiān zuò gōnggòngqìchē qùle shāngchǎng, yòu qùle túshūguǎn.

That day I'd taken the bus to the shopping centre, then gone to the library.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone

我在路口等公共 汽 车,等了十分钟,车还没有来。

wǒ zài lù kǒu děng gōnggòngqìchē, děng le / liǎo / liào shífēn zhōng, chē hái / huán méiyǒu lái.

I waited at the corner for the bus; after ten minutes it still hadn't come.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · Late for Work

Words that contain 汽

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Questions about 汽

How is 汽 used in a sentence?

This page shows 20 sentences using 汽 (qì, "Vapor (steam)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Why do some sentences show 汽 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 汽 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

Where can I see the full entry for 汽?

The dictionary page for 汽 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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