Definition & Meaning

cement; sage-green or brown powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay, to be mixed with water and left to harden when dry, used as a building material

Word usage

shuǐ ní

水 泥

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n.cement; sage-green or brown powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay, to be mixed with water and left to harden when dry, used as a building material
- gěi dì miàn tú shang yī céng shuǐ ní
  给地面涂上一层水泥。
  Coat the floor with cement.
- tā yòng le yī xiē shuǐ ní lái bǔ qiáng
  他用了一些水泥来补墙。
  He patched up the wall with bits of cement.
- tā yòng le jǐ gè xiǎo shí de shí jiān lái jiǎo bàn shuǐ ní
  他用了几个小时的时间来搅拌水泥。
  He had spent several hours mixing cement.
- shuǐ ní gōng chǎng
  水泥工厂
  cement factory
- shuǐ ní guǎn dào
  水泥管道
  cement pipe
- shuǐ ní dì miàn
  水泥地面
  cement flooring
synonym
yáng huī洋灰

Word usage

common measure word
"水泥" is often matched with measure word "袋"or"吨"or"堆".
- 一袋水泥
  one bag of cement
- 一吨水泥
  one ton of cement
- 一堆水泥
  one pile of cement

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