yǎng qì
oxygen
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人体需要氧气才能生存。
Réntǐ xūyào yǎngqì cáinéng shēngcún.
The human body needs oxygen to survive.
空气中含有氧气。
Kōngqì zhōng hán yǒu yǎngqì.
The air contains oxygen.
氧气是无色无味的。
Yǎngqì shì wú sè wú wèi de.
Oxygen is colorless and odorless.
氧 (yǎng)
oxygen
空气 (kōngqì)
air
二氧化碳 (èr yǎng huà tàn)
carbon dioxide
氮气 (dàn qì)
nitrogen
The Chinese word for oxygen, 氧气 (yǎngqì), is composed of two characters: 氧 (yǎng) and 气 (qì). The character 氧 is derived from the Chinese word for "acid", 酸 (suān), which was originally written as 氧 (yǎng). The character 气 (qì) means "air" or "gas". So, the word 氧气 literally means "acid air" or "acid gas". This is because oxygen was first discovered as a component of acids.
