水泥
Old HSK 6
水泥 (shuǐní) · cement
水泥 (shuǐní) means “cement”. It is written with 2 characters: 水 (water) + 泥 (mud). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 水泥 is built
The characters
水 shuǐ · water
What 水 is made of
- 亅 — hook
Origin hint: A river running between two banks; compare 川 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
泥 ní · mud
What 泥 is made of
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 尼ní — Buddhist nun
- 尸shī — body
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 匕bǐ — spoon
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 尸shī — body
Example sentences
工人正在搅拌水泥。Gōngrén zhèngzài jiǎobàn shuǐní.The workers are mixing cement.
这条路是用水泥修的。Zhè tiáo lù shì yòng shuǐní xiū de.This road is made of cement.
Questions about 水泥
What does 水泥 mean?
水泥 (shuǐní) means “cement”.
How do you pronounce 水泥?
水泥 is pronounced shuǐní.
Which HSK level is 水泥?
水泥 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 水果shuǐguǒfruit
- 水平shuǐpínglevel
- 药水yàoshuǐliquid medicine
- 凉水liángshuǐcold water
- 纯净水chúnjìngshuǐpurified water
- 海水hǎishuǐseawater
- 开水kāishuǐboiled water
- 矿泉水kuàngquánshuǐmineral water
- 泪水lèishuǐtears
- 汽水qìshuǐsoda
Learn 水泥 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 171: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.