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蒸发

zhēng fā

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 蒸發

What 蒸发 means

1. to evaporate
2. (fig.) to vanish; to disappear

The characters in 蒸发

• 蒸zhēngto evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old)
• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue

Example sentences

• 沸水蒸发成气体。
  Fèishuǐ zhēngfā chéng qìtǐ.
  Boiling water evaporates and turns into a gas.
• 当水被加热时，水汽蒸发。
  Dāng shuǐ bèi jiārè shí, shuǐqì zhēngfā.
  Water evaporates when it is heated.

Words starting with 蒸发

• 蒸发热zhēng fā rèlatent heat of evaporation
• 蒸发空调zhēng fā kōng tiáoevaporative air conditioner; evaporative cooler

Words containing 蒸发

• 人间蒸发rén jiān zhēng fāto vanish; to disappear from the face of the earth

Sounds the same

Read zhēng fā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 征发a punitive expedition; a requisition