Chinese Conversation · Level 25
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Chinese word
氧气
Pronunciation
Pinyinyǎng qì
Meaning
- nounoxygen
Example
高山上的氧气比较稀薄。gāo shān shàng de yǎng qì bǐ jiào xī bó
There is relatively little oxygen in the high mountains.
More examples
病人需要吸入氧气。bìng rén xū yào xī rù yǎng qì
The patient needs to inhale oxygen.
Core concept
An invisible gas mixed through the air that living organisms need for respiration and flames need to continue burning.
Common phrases
吸入氧气xī rù yǎng qì
inhale oxygen
补充氧气bǔ chōng yǎng qì
replenish oxygen
氧气供应yǎng qì gōng yìng
oxygen supply
Similar words
氧yǎng: The chemical element oxygen, identified by the symbol O.
空气kōng qì: The mixture of gases around Earth that people breathe and that affects the weather.
气体qì tǐ: A substance with no fixed shape that spreads out to fill its container.
二氧化碳èr yǎng huà tàn: A gas made of carbon and oxygen, produced by breathing and burning and written as CO2.
Definition in Chinese
一种无色无味的气体，能支持燃烧并为生物提供呼吸所需，空气中约占21%，化学元素符号为Oyì zhǒng wú sè wú wèi de qì tǐ néng zhī chí rán shāo bìng wéi shēng wù tí gōng hū xī suǒ xū kōng qì zhōng yuē zhàn 21 huà xué yuán sù fú hào wèi O
Word origin
氧气 (yǎngqì, "oxygen") uses 氧 (yǎng, "oxygen") for the element and 气 (qì, "gas") for its gaseous form, making a modern Chinese scientific name that is easy to read as "oxygen gas."
Usage tips
- Chinese normally treats this noun as a mass noun, so amount expressions such as 一点 (yìdiǎn, "a little") come before it without a plural ending.
Related words
- 氧气瓶yǎng qì píngoxygen cylindernoun
- 氧气面罩yǎng qì miàn zhàooxygen masknoun
- 氧气疗法yǎng qì liáo fǎoxygen therapynoun