Chinese symbol for “cement”
水泥
shuǐ ní
cement; measure word: 袋 (dài)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cement is 水泥 (shuǐ ní), defined as: cement; measure word: 袋 (dài).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “cement”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 洋灰 | yáng huī | cement |
| 士敏土 | shì mǐn tǔ | cement (loanword) (old) |
| 水门汀 (水門汀) | shuǐ mén tīng | cement (Shanghainese) (loanword) |
| 胶结 (膠結) | jiāo jié | to glue; to cement |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 水泥.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 水平 | shuǐ píng | horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 水果 | shuǐ guǒ | fruit |
| 洪水 | hóng shuǐ | deluge; flood |
| 水准 (水準) | shuǐ zhǔn | level (of achievement etc); standard |
| 水库 (水庫) | shuǐ kù | reservoir; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 泥土 | ní tǔ | earth; soil; mud; clay |
| 泥沙 | ní shā | silt |
| 草泥马 (草泥馬) | cǎo ní mǎ | see 肏你妈 (cào nǐ mā) (near homophone used to avoid Internet censorship); (Internet slang) fictional alpaca-like animal; by extension, an actu |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cement”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.