蒸 (zing1 | zheng1) : cook by steaming

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蒸

zing1

zheng1

[1] cook by steaming; steam
[2] evaporate

Stroke count: 14

Level: 2

Radical: 艸 (#140)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

蒸

This word has been viewed 9964 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 26th Dec 2014 04:20

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蒸蒸日上 zing1 zing1 jat6 soeng6 zheng1 zheng1 ri4 shang4 = becoming more prosperous with each passing day

蒸餃 zing1 gaau2 zheng1 jiao3 = steamed dumpling

蒸餾水 zing1 lau6 seoi2 zheng1 liu2 shui3 = n. distilled water

蒸汽 zing1 hei3 zheng1 qi4 = n. steam

水蒸氣 seoi2 zing1 hei3 shui3 zheng1 qi4 = water vapour

蒸發 zing1 faat3 zheng1 fa1 = to evaporate; evaporation

蒸籠 zing1 lung4 = steam box

蒸氣 zing1 hei3 zheng1 qi4 = steam; water vapour, water vapor

乾蒸牛肉 gon1 zing1 ngau4 juk6 gan1 zheng1 niu2 rou4 = beef dumpling

蒸氣熨斗 zing1 hei3 tong3 dau2 zheng1 qi4 yun4 dou3 = a steam iron

蒸汽機 zing1 hei3 gei1 zheng1 qi4 ji1 = steam engine

蒸發作用 zing1 faat3 zok3 jung6 zheng1 fa1 zuo4 yong4 = evaporation

蒸餾法 zing1 lau6 faat3 zheng1 liu2 fa3 = distillation

蒸汽壓路機. zing1 hei3 aat3 lou6 gei1 = a steamroller

芬蘭蒸氣浴 fan1 laan4 zing1 hei3 juk6 = sauna steam bath

豉汁蒸殼蠔 si6 zap1 zing1 hok3 hou4 = steamed fresh oysters with black bean sauce 粵

蒸氣機 zing1 hei3 gei1 zheng1 qi4 ji1 = a steam engine

雙蒸 soeng1 zing1 = [n] double distillation, double distilled

蒸餾水器 zing1 lau6 seoi2 hei3 zheng1 liu2 shui3 qi4 = a water dispenser (common formation)

水蒸汽 seoi2 zing1 hei3 shui3 zheng1 qi4 = steam; water vapour, water vapor

蒸發器 zing1 faat3 hei3 zheng1 fa1 qi4 = evaporator; vaporiser; vaporizer; vapouriser

燻蒸 fan1 zing1 xun1 zheng1 = fumigate

清蒸 cing1 zing1 qing1 zheng1 = steamed in clear soup (usually without soy sauce)

蒸生瓜 zing1 saang1 gwaa1 = an inelegant immature female 粵

蒸汽火車 zing1 hei3 fo2 ce1 zheng1 qi4 huo3 che1 = steam train

蒸餾 zing1 lau6 zheng1 liu2 = v. distill, n. distillation

蒸發皿 zing1 faat3 ming5 zheng1 fa1 ming3 = [化] evaporating dish

蒸騰作用 zing1 tang4 zok3 jung6 zheng1 teng2 zuo4 yong4 = [bio.] transpiration

雙蒸酒 soeng1 zing1 zau2 shuang1 zheng1 jiu3 = [n] double distilled wine (rice wine from the area of Jiujiang, Jiangxi)

三蒸酒 saam1 zing1 zau2 san1 zheng1 jiu3 = [n] triple distilled wine (rice wine from the area of Jiujiang, Jiangxi)

裹蒸粽 gwo2 zing1 zung3*2 = glutinous rice dumpling wrapped in lotus leaves 粵

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Unicode code for this character: U+84b8 (off-site link)

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