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沸腾

fèi téng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 沸騰

沸腾 (fèi téng) means "(of a liquid) to boil; (of sentiments etc) to boil over; to flare up". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 沸腾 means

1. (of a liquid) to boil
2. (of sentiments etc) to boil over
3. to flare up
4. to be impassioned

The characters in 沸腾

• 沸fèito boil
• 腾téng(bound form) to gallop; to prance; (bound form) to soar; to hover; to make room…

Example sentences

• 水沸腾后变为蒸汽。
  Shuǐ fèiténg hòu biànwéi zhēngqì.
  Water turns into steam when it is boiled.
• 水在摄氏100度沸腾。
  Water boils at 100 degrees.
• 听到这个让我感觉热血沸腾。
  Tīngdào zhège ràng wǒ gǎnjué rèxuèfèiténg.
  It made my blood boil to hear that.
• 我们的老师说水到了一百度就会沸腾。
  Wǒmen de lǎoshī shuō shuǐ dào le yī Bǎidù jiù huì fèiténg.
  Our teacher said that water boils at 100ºC.
• 罗纳尔多以他的倒勾球而闻名。当他展示倒勾球的时候，球迷们都沸腾了。
  Luónà'ěrduō yǐ tā de dàogōuqiú ér wénmíng. Dāng tā zhǎnshì dàogōuqiú de shíhou, qiúmímen dōu fèiténg le.
  Ronaldo is famous for his bicycle kick. When he does it, the fans go crazy.

Words containing 沸腾

• 热血沸腾rè xuè fèi téng(idiom) to be fired up; to have one's blood racing…
• 民怨沸腾mín yuàn fèi téngseething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over

Where 沸腾 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · fàng–fēn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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