"Steam" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 zhēng qì steam
 rè qì steam / heat / CL:股[gu3]
 zhēng qì vapor / steam
 shuǐ qì water vapor / steam
 shuǐ qì water vapor / steam / moisture
 qì steam / vapor
 zhēng to evaporate / (of cooking) to steam / torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old) / finely chopped firewood (old)
 liù to steam / to cook in a steamer / to reheat cold food by steaming it
 xiāo vapor / steam
 shuǐ tīng steam (Shanghainese)
 qì variant of 氣|气[qi4], breath / air / steam / gas / weather / used in Taoist charms
 jú (dialect) to cook in salt or sand, inside a sealed pot / to steam / to bake
 míng jiào to emit a sound / (of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc / (of a siren, steam whistle etc) to sound
 huí lóng to steam again / to rewarm food in a bamboo steamer / to withdraw currency from circulation
 tǔ qì to exhale / to blow off steam / (phonetics) aspirated
 qì gāng cylinder (of steam engine or internal combustion engine)
 qì lún jī steam turbine
 qì dí steam whistle / ship horn
 zhēng qì jī steam engine
 sī lú stoker (worker operating a coal fire, esp. for a steam engine)
 qì lún fā diàn jī steam turbine electric generator
 yè tài shuǐ liquid water (as opposed to steam or ice)
 bàn rè steam or heat tracing
 qì fá steam valve
 zhēng qì chóng zhěng steam reforming (chemistry)
 zhēng qì jī chē steam locomotive
 guō tuó jī portable steam engine / locomobile
 duǎn yàn méi steam coal
 guō lú méi steam coal
 fēn to steam rice
 shuǐ bō lú superheated steam oven
 shī qù hòu jìn to peter out / to lose momentum / to lose steam
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