shuǐ ní
ซีเมนต์;คอนกรีต
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这座桥是用钢筋水泥建造的。
Zhè zuò qiáo shì yòng gāng jīn shuǐ ní jiàn zào de.
This bridge is built with steel and cement.
水泥厂排放的废水污染了河流。
Shuǐ ní chǎng pái fàng de fèi shuǐ wū rǎn le hé liú.
The wastewater discharged by the cement plant polluted the river.
水泥是一种重要的建筑材料。
Shuǐ ní shì yī zhǒng zhòng yào de jiàn zhù cái liào.
Cement is an important building material.
洋灰 (yánghuī)
cement
混凝土 (hùntǔnǐng)
concrete
木头 (mùtou)
wood
塑料 (sùliào)
plastic
The Chinese word 水泥 (shuǐní) for "cement" is a compound of two characters: 水 (shuǐ), meaning "water", and 泥 (ní), meaning "mud" or "clay". The character 水泥 first appeared in the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and was originally used to refer to a mixture of lime and water used as a mortar. Over time, the meaning of 水泥 expanded to include other types of cement, such as Portland cement, which is the most common type of cement used today.The character 水 (shuǐ) is a pictograph of water flowing from a spring. The character 泥 (ní) is a combination of the character 土 (tǔ), meaning "earth", and the character 氵(shuǐ), meaning "water". The character 泥 originally referred to mud or clay, but it can also be used to refer to other types of soft, wet substances, such as cement.The compound character 水泥 (shuǐní) is a semantic compound, meaning that its meaning is derived from the meanings of its component characters. The character 水泥 literally means "water mud", which is a fitting name for cement, which is a mixture of water and other materials that is used to bind building materials together.
