蒸 zhēng
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 烝 to rise
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
蒸发
zhēngfā
to evaporate; evaporation; to vanish rapidly
Characters in this word
发 fā
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 又 — and, also, again, in addition
Example phrases
- 高温和强风会加速水分蒸发，使本已干旱的土壤更加脆弱。 Gāowēn hé qiángfēng huì jiāsù shuǐfèn zhēngfā, shǐ běn yǐ gānhàn de tǔrǎng gèngjiā cuìruò. High temperatures and strong winds accelerate water evaporation, making already dry soil even more fragile.
- 太阳出来后，地上的雨水很快就蒸发了。 Tàiyáng chūlái hòu, dìshàng de yǔshuǐ hěn kuài jiù zhēngfā le. After the sun came out, the rainwater on the ground quickly evaporated.
- 他一夜之间就蒸发了，谁也不知道他去了哪儿。 Tā yī yè zhījiān jiù zhēngfā le, shéi yě bù zhīdào tā qù le nǎr. He vanished overnight, and nobody knows where he went.
Related words
- 蒸 zhēng to steam; steam
- 出发 chūfā to set out
- 发 fā to send; to hand out
- 发现 fāxiàn to discover; to find
- 头发 tóufa hair
- 发表 fābiǎo to publish; to express publicly
- 发出 fāchū to give off; to send out
- 发达 fādá developed; advanced
- 发动 fādòng to start; to launch
- 发明 fāmíng to invent; invention
- 发生 fāshēng to happen; to occur
- 发送 fāsòng to send