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蒸

zhēng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character

蒸 (zhēng) means "to evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 蒸 means

1. to evaporate
2. (of cooking) to steam
3. torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old)
4. finely chopped firewood (old)

Example sentences

• 生意蒸蒸日上
  Shēngyi zhēngzhēngrìshàng
  Business is booming in Algeria.
• 沸水蒸发成气体。
  Fèishuǐ zhēngfā chéng qìtǐ.
  Boiling water evaporates and turns into a gas.
• 水沸腾后变为蒸汽。
  Shuǐ fèiténg hòu biànwéi zhēngqì.
  Water turns into steam when it is boiled.
• 蒸汽从发动机冒了出来。
  Zhēngqì cóng fādòngjī mào le chūlái.
  Steam is coming out of the engine.
• 当水被加热时，水汽蒸发。
  Dāng shuǐ bèi jiārè shí, shuǐqì zhēngfā.
  Water evaporates when it is heated.
• 你知道这附近哪里有汗蒸房吗？
  Do you know if there's a steam room anywhere around here?

Words starting with 蒸

• 蒸发zhēng fāto evaporate; (fig.) to vanish; to disappear
• 蒸汽zhēng qìsteam
• 蒸气zhēng qìvapor; steam
• 蒸蒸日上zhēng zhēng rì shàngbecoming more prosperous with each passing day
• 蒸笼zhēng lóngsteamer basket (e.g. for dim sum)
• 蒸腾zhēng téng(of a vapor etc) to rise; to hang in the air
• 蒸馏zhēng liúto distill; distillation
• 蒸散zhēng sàn(plant) evapotranspiration
• 蒸糕zhēng gāosteamed cake
• 蒸汽机zhēng qì jīsteam engine
• 蒸发热zhēng fā rèlatent heat of evaporation
• 蒸气重整zhēng qì chóng zhěngsteam reforming (chemistry)
• 蒸汽机车zhēng qì jī chēsteam locomotive
• 蒸发空调zhēng fā kōng tiáoevaporative air conditioner; evaporative cooler
• 蒸粗麦粉zhēng cū mài fěncouscous
• 蒸汽压路机zhēng qì yā lù jīsteamroller
• 蒸腾作用zhēng téng zuò yòngtranspiration
• 蒸汽挂烫机zhēng qì guà tàng jīgarment steamer
• 蒸锅zhēng guōsteamer
• 蒸馏器zhēng liú qìstill (i.e. distilling apparatus)
• 蒸馏水zhēng liú shuǐdistilled water
• 蒸馏酒zhēng liú jiǔdistilled liquor; spirits
• 蒸湘区Zhēng xiāng QūZhengxiang, a district of Hengyang City 衡阳市
• 蒸饺zhēng jiǎosteamed dumpling

Words containing 蒸

• 清蒸qīng zhēngsteamed in broth
• 水蒸气shuǐ zhēng qìvapor
• 人间蒸发rén jiān zhēng fāto vanish; to disappear from the face of the earth
• 茶碗蒸chá wǎn zhēngchawanmushi, Japanese savory egg custard dish that is steamed and served in a small bowl
• 熏蒸xūn zhēng(of sultry weather) to be stifling; (TCM) to treat a disease with fumes generated by…
• 熏蒸剂xūn zhēng jìfumigant
• 不蒸馒头争口气bù zhēng mán tou zhēng kǒu qìnot to be crushed (idiom); to be determined to have one's revenge

Characters that look like 蒸

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 愿yuànhonest and prudent; variant of 愿
• 慕mùto admire
• 墓mùgrave; tomb; mausoleum
• 奠diànto fix; to settle; a libation to the dead
• 惹rěto provoke; to irritate; to vex
• 蒺jíTribulus terrestris

Sounds the same

Read zhēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 争to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate
• 征journey; trip; expedition
• 睁to open (one's eyes)
• 怔(bound form) startled; terrified; panic-stricken
• 正first month of the lunar year
• 挣used in 挣扎
• 症abdominal tumor; bowel obstruction; (fig.) sticking point
• 铮clang of metals; small gong
• 丁used in 丁丁
• 狰used in 狰狞
• 钲gong used to halt troops
• 峥used in 峥嵘

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