Chinese symbol for “vapor”
蒸气
zhēng qì
Traditional: 蒸氣
vapor; steam
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vapor is 蒸气 (zhēng qì), defined as: vapor; steam.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “vapor”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 水蒸气 (水蒸氣) | shuǐ zhēng qì | vapor |
| 烟雾 (煙霧) | yān wù | smoke; mist |
| 汽 | qì | steam; vapor |
| 歊 | xiāo | vapor; steam |
| 雾气 (霧氣) | wù qì | fog; mist |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蒸气.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蒸汽 | zhēng qì | steam |
| 蒸发 (蒸發) | zhēng fā | to evaporate; (fig.) to vanish; to disappear |
| 蒸馏 (蒸餾) | zhēng liú | to distill; distillation |
| 蒸汽机 (蒸汽機) | zhēng qì jī | steam engine |
| 蒸蒸日上 | zhēng zhēng rì shàng | becoming more prosperous with each passing day |
| 天气 (天氣) | tiān qì | weather |
| 空气 (空氣) | kōng qì | air; atmosphere |
| 气候 (氣候) | qì hòu | (meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vapor”.
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.