HSK 6 · Science

液体 yètǐ “liquid” in Chinese

Traditional 液體

What 液体 means

  1. liquid

How to say 液体

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale液yè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale体tǐ3rd tone, dipping

液体 in a sentence

  1. 水和油都是液体。

    Shuǐ hé yóu dōu shì yètǐ.

    Water and oil are both liquids.

    Sentence #614606 from Tatoeba

  2. 水是液体。冻起来就成了固体。

    Shuǐ shì yètǐ. Dòng qǐlai jiù chéng le gùtǐ.

    Water is a liquid. When it freezes, it becomes a solid.

    Sentence #787295 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你应该喝大量的液体。

    Nǐ yīnggāi hē dàliàng de yètǐ.

    You should drink plenty of fluids.

    Sentence #896374 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 液体 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 液 (yè) with each of its parts in a different colour
液yèa liquid
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 夜night · yèSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 夜 (yè) hints at the sound. Compare it with yè.

The character 体 (tǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
体tǐbody
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 本root · běn

Memory aidA person 亻 and a root 本: the body.

How to write 液体

液 11 strokes · 体 7 strokes

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

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

Words related to 液体

Words with 体

身体shēntǐ · body体育tǐyù · physical training体育馆tǐyùguǎn · gymnasium体会tǐhuì · to know from experience体贴tǐtiē · considerate (of other people’s needs)体现tǐxiàn · to embody体验tǐyàn · to experience for oneself具体jùtǐ · specific集体jítǐ · collective (decision)媒体méitǐ · media

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FAQs

液体 (yètǐ) means “liquid”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yètǐ: yè with a 4th tone, then tǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 液体 is written 液體. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yeti with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 液体 from the suggestions. Typing yeti into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
液体 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.