HSK 6 · Objects

水泥 shuǐní “cement” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 水泥 means

  1. cement

Measure word 袋 dài · 一袋水泥 yí dài shuǐní

How to say 水泥

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale水shuǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale泥ní2nd tone, rising

水泥 in a sentence

  1. 别躺在水泥地上。

    Bié tǎng zài shuǐní dìshang.

    Don’t lie on the concrete floor.

    Sentence #11019967 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 水泥会在数个小时内凝固。

    Shuǐní huì zài shù ge xiǎoshí nèi nínggù.

    The cement will set within a few hours.

    Sentence #358973 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我们往下看，是一片水泥丛林。

    Wǒmen wǎng xià kàn, shì yí piàn shuǐní cónglín.

    Looking down, we saw a concrete jungle.

    Sentence #3158529 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 水泥 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 水 (shuǐ) drawn as one shape
水shuǐwater

水 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidDrawn from flowing water.

The character 泥 (ní) with each of its parts in a different colour
泥nímud
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 尼Buddhist nun · níSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 尼 (ní) hints at the sound. Compare it with ní.

How to write 水泥

水 4 strokes · 泥 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

水泥 (shuǐní) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 水泥 (shuǐní). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 水泥

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FAQs

水泥 (shuǐní) means “cement”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shuǐní: shuǐ with a 3rd tone, then ní with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 水泥 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 袋 (dài). For example, one cement is 一袋水泥 (yí dài shuǐní).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shuini with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 水泥 from the suggestions. Typing shuini into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
水泥 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.