蒸汽

Chinese

		to steam	steam; vapour
trad. (蒸汽)		蒸	汽
simp. #(蒸汽)		蒸	汽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zhēngqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ ㄑㄧˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җынчи (žɨnči, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ hei³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): cheng-khì

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng¹ ki³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹tsen-chi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēngqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhengcì
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: jēng-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengchih
    • Palladius: чжэнци (čžɛnci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 爭氣／争气 蒸氣／蒸气 蒸汽

  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җынчи (žɨnči, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂəŋ²⁴ t͡ɕʰi²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zing¹ hei³
    • Yale: jīng hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ hei̯³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 蒸氣／蒸气 蒸汽

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-khì
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengqix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³ kʰi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰi¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰi²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêng¹ ki³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tseng khì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ³³⁻²³ kʰi²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹tsen-chi
    • MiniDict: tsen^平 chi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsen-qi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sən⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹/

Noun

蒸汽

1. steam; water vapor

Synonyms

• 哈氣／哈气 (ha¹ qi³) (Jin, Harbin Mandarin)
• 寡水子氣／寡水子气 (gua^2-1 sui² zeh qi³) (Jin)
• 水氣／水气 (shuǐqì)
• 水汽 (shuǐqì)
• 水蒸氣／水蒸气 (shuǐzhēngqì)
• 汽

 

Derived terms

• 蒸汽朋克 (zhēngqìpéngkè)
• 蒸汽機／蒸汽机 (zhēngqìjī)
• 蒸汽機車／蒸汽机车 (zhēngqì jīchē)
• 蒸汽船 (zhēngqìchuán)
• 蒸汽輪機／蒸汽轮机 (zhēngqì lúnjī)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蒸	汽
じょう Grade: 6	き Grade: 2
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 蒸汽 – see the following entry.

【蒸気じょうき】 [noun] vapor; vapour [noun] steam (water vapor)

(This term, 蒸汽, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)