汽
Meanings
- steam
- vapor
Characters in this entry
- 汽
- qì · steam, vapor, gas
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Mandarin tones
4 · qi4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
hei3
Cantonese word readings for 汽. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- gas (matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma)
- steam; water vapor
character · Etymology 2
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 汔 (qì, “to dry up; nearly”)
- (historical dictionaries only) to tear (to produce tears)
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