蒸
Ancient forms
1 formGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
zhēng zheng1
- to evaporate
- (of cooking) to steam
- torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old)
- finely chopped firewood (old)
Example sentences
- Boiling water evaporates and turns into a gas.
- shēngyi 生意 zhēngzhēngrìshàng 蒸蒸日上Business is booming in Algeria.
- Steam is coming out of the engine.
HSK words with 蒸
More words with 蒸
- 蒸气 zhēngqì vapor
- 清蒸 qīngzhēng steamed in broth
- 蒸散 zhēngsàn (plant) evapotranspiration
- 蒸锅 zhēngguō steamer
- 蒸汽 zhēngqì steam
- 蒸腾 zhēngténg (of a vapor etc) to rise
- 蒸笼 zhēnglóng steamer basket (e.g. for dim sum)
- 蒸糕 zhēnggāo steamed cake
- 熏蒸 xūnzhēng (of sultry weather) to be stifling
- 蒸饺 zhēngjiǎo steamed dumpling
- 蒸馏 zhēngliú to distill