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蒸 meaning in English

zhēng

to evaporate; (of cooking) to steam

HSK 7-9verb13 strokes

Meaning of 蒸

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

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

蒸 in example sentences

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

你nǐ知zhī道dào这zhè附fù近jìn哪nǎ里lǐ有yǒu汗hàn蒸zhēng房fáng吗ma？
Do you know if there's a steam room anywhere around here?
蒸zhēng粗cū麦mài粉fěn是shì我wǒ最zuì喜xǐ欢huān的de阿ā尔ěr及jí利lì亚yà菜cài。
Couscous is my favorite Algerian food.
沸fèi水shuǐ蒸zhēng发fā成chéng气qì体tǐ。
Boiling water evaporates and turns into a gas.
当dāng水shuǐ被bèi加jiā热rè时shí，水shuǐ汽qì蒸zhēng发fā。
Water evaporates when it is heated.
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

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蒸 zhēng · to evaporate · 13 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 蒸.

蒸汽zhēngqìsteam
蒸发zhēngfāto evaporate; (fig.) to vanish; to disappear
蒸气zhēngqìvapor; steam
人间蒸发rénjiānzhēngfāto vanish; to disappear from the face of the earth

Questions about 蒸

What does 蒸 mean?

蒸 (zhēng) means "to evaporate; (of cooking) to steam" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 蒸?

蒸 is made of 1 character: 蒸 (13 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.

Is 蒸 an HSK word?

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

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