蒸發

See also: 蒸发

Chinese

		to steam	to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop
trad. (蒸發)		蒸	發
simp. (蒸发)		蒸	发

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēngfā

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ ㄈㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ faat³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cheng-hoat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēngfā
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ ㄈㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhengfa
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹-fa¹
    • Yale: jēng-fā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengfa
    • Palladius: чжэнфа (čžɛnfa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ fä⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing¹ faat³
    • Yale: jīng faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ faːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zenghoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³ huat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ huat̚³²/

Verb

蒸發

1. (literally) to evaporate (transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state)
2. (figuratively) to vanish; to disappear

   人間蒸發／人间蒸发  ―  rénjiān zhēngfā  ―  (of a human) to disappear from the public

Synonyms

• (to evaporate): 蒸 (zhēng)
• (to vanish):

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• 不見／不见 (bùjiàn)
• 奭 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 收斂／收敛 (shōuliǎn) (of a light ray, smile, etc.)
• 泯絕／泯绝 (mǐnjué) (literary)
• 消亡 (xiāowáng)
• 消失 (xiāoshī)
• 消散 (xiāosàn)
• 消滅／消灭 (xiāomiè)
• 消融 (xiāoróng)
• 消逝 (xiāoshì)
• 絕滅／绝灭 (juémiè)
• 遠去／远去 (yuǎnqù)

 

Derived terms

• 人間蒸發／人间蒸发 (rénjiānzhēngfā)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蒸發):

• → Korean: 증발(蒸發) (jeungbal)