蒸 zhēng

1. zhēng verb to steam
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Food and Drink , Concept: Cooking 烹调
   Notes: For example, 蒸鱼 'steamed fish' (Guoyu '蒸' v 2;Mathews 1931 '蒸', p. 46; Unihan '蒸')
2. zhēng verb to evaporate
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Unihan '蒸'; XHZD '蒸', p. 971)
3. zhēng verb to rise [of steam]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a variant of 烝 (Guoyu '蒸' v 1; Kroll 2015 '蒸' 4, p. 602; Mathews 1931 '蒸', p. 46)
4. zhēng noun twigs used as fuel for cooking
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '蒸' 1, p. 602; Mathews 1931 '蒸', p. 46)
5. zhēng noun a torch made from a bundle of stalks
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '蒸' 2, p. 602)

Contained in

• 蒸暑 midsummer heat
• 蒸馏水(蒸餾水) distilled water
• 蒸汽机车(蒸汽機車) steam locomotive
• 蒸散 (plant) evapotranspiration
• 蒸发空调(蒸發空調) evaporative air conditioner; evaporative cooler
• 蒸蒸日上 becoming more prosperous with each passing day
• 蒸发热(蒸發熱) latent heat of evaporation
• 蒸庶 common people
• 熏蒸(燻蒸) to fumigate
• 蒸汽挂烫机(蒸汽掛燙機) garment steamer
• 蒸粗麦粉(蒸粗麥粉) couscous
• 蒸气浴(蒸氣浴) a steam bath; a sauna
• 蒸糕 steamed cake
• 水蒸气(水蒸氣) steam
• 蒸气(蒸氣) vapor; steam
• 蒸馏酒(蒸餾酒) distilled beverage
• 蒸发皿(蒸發皿) evaporating vessel
• 蒸气重整(蒸氣重整) steam reforming
• 清蒸 steamed in broth
• 蒸汽压路机(蒸汽壓路機) steamroller
• 蒸笼(蒸籠) steaming basket
• 蒸蒸 to rise ; rising ; honest and pure
• 不蒸馒头争口气(不蒸饅頭爭口氣) not to be crushed; to be determined to have one's revenge
• 蒸饼(蒸餅) a steamed bun
• 潮蒸 damp and hot
• 蒸民 common people
• 蒸馏(蒸餾) to distill; distillation
• 蒸汽 steam
• 蒸腾(蒸騰) (of a vapor etc) to rise; to ascend
• 蒸腾作用(蒸騰作用) transpiration
• 蒸汽船 a steamship
• 蒸饺(蒸餃) steamed dumpling
• 蒸锅(蒸鍋) steamer
• 人间蒸发(人間蒸發) to vanish; to disappear from the face of the earth
• 蒸汽机(蒸汽機) steam engine
• 蒸馏器(蒸餾器) still (i.e. distilling apparatus)
• 熏蒸剂(燻蒸劑) fumigant
• 蒸发(蒸發) to evaporate

Also contained in

蒸湘区 、 蒸湘

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第七十七回 Chapter 77 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 23
• 魯語上 Discourses of Lu I Guoyu 國語 — count: 12
• 第四十三回 Chapter 43 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 8
• 第三十五回 Chapter 35 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 7
• 第八十五回 Chapter 85 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 7
• 卷九 志第一 禮上 Volume 9 Treatises 1: Rituals 1 Book of Southern Qi 南齊書 — count: 7
• 卷四十 志第二十: 地理三 Volume 40 Treatises 20: Geography 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 6
• 第四十七回 Chapter 47 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 6
• 卷十二 Scroll 12 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 6
• 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 6

Collocations

• 蒸尝 (蒸嘗) 春秋蒸嘗 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷二十八下 馮衍傳 Volume 28b: Biography of Feng Yan — count: 30
• 云蒸 (雲蒸) 風興雲蒸 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷一　原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way — count: 12
• 薪蒸 (薪蒸) 藪之薪蒸 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 9
• 蒸人 (蒸人) 立我蒸人 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四十上 班彪列傳 Volume 40a: Biography of Ban Biao 1 — count: 6
• 黎蒸 (黎蒸) 巡靖黎蒸 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四十下 班彪列傳 Volume 40b: Biography of Ban Biao 2 — count: 5
• 上蒸 (上蒸) 氣乃上蒸 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷八　本經訓 Chapter 8: Base Warp — count: 4
• 天生蒸 (天生蒸) 臣聞天生蒸人 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十六 陳王列傳 Volume 66: Biographies of Chen, Wang — count: 3
• 曰蒸 (曰蒸) 冬曰蒸 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷十五 郊義第六十六 郊祭第六十七 四祭第六十八 郊祀第六十九 順命第七十 郊事對第七十一　Scroll 15 — count: 2
• 蒸祭 (蒸祭) 蒸祭光武廟 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷二 顯宗孝明帝紀 Volume 2: Annals of Emperor Xianzong Xiaoming — count: 2
• 蒸栗 (蒸栗) 其实枣蒸栗择 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 聘禮 第八 8. Rites of courtesy calls — count: 2