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水泥
shuǐní
Description
水泥是一种灰色的建筑材料，加水以后会变硬。
"水泥" is a gray building material that hardens after adding water.
人们用水泥来盖房子、修路和造桥。
People use "水泥" to build houses, repair roads, and construct bridges.
Meanings
水泥shuǐní
cement (building material)
工人正在地上倒水泥。
The workers are pouring cement on the ground.
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Notes
- Etymology
水 (water) + 泥 (mud/paste), literally 'water paste', describing how it is mixed.
- Nuance
水泥 is the powder/cement; 混凝土 is the finished concrete after mixing with sand and stone.
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