沸腾 meaning in English

fèiténg

(of a liquid) to boil; (of sentiments etc) to boil over

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 沸騰21 strokes

Meaning of 沸腾

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

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

沸腾 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

水shuǐ在zài摄shè氏shì100度dù沸fèi腾téng。
Water boils at 100 degrees.
我wǒ们men的de老lǎo师shī说shuō水shuǐ到dào了le一yì百bǎi度dù就jiù会huì沸fèi腾téng。
Our teacher said that water boils at 100°C.
听tīng到dào这zhè个ge让ràng我wǒ感gǎn觉jué热rè血xuè沸fèi腾téng。
It made my blood boil to hear that.
水shuǐ沸fèi腾téng后hòu变biàn为wèi蒸zhēng汽qì。
Water steams when it boils.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

沸 fèi · to boil · 8 strokes

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腾 téng · to gallop · 13 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 沸腾.

折腾zhētengto toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again
热腾腾rèténgténgsteaming hot; (fig.) bustling
沸沸扬扬fèifèiyángyángbubbling and gurgling; hubbubing
腾出téngchūto make (some time or space) available (for sb)
图腾túténgtotem (loanword)
热血沸腾rèxuèfèiténg(idiom) to be fired up; to have one's blood racing; to be burning (with excitement, passio
闹腾nàotengto disturb; to create confusion

Questions about 沸腾

What does 沸腾 mean?

沸腾 (fèiténg) means "(of a liquid) to boil; (of sentiments etc) to boil over" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 沸腾?

沸腾 is made of 2 characters: 沸 (8 strokes), 腾 (13 strokes). That is 21 strokes in total.

Is 沸腾 an HSK word?

Yes. 沸腾 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 沸腾 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 沸腾 is written 沸騰.