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蒸發

简蒸发 · 繁蒸發

Mandarin · pinyin zhēng fā

to evaporate
(fig.) to vanish; to disappear

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蒸: zhēng · steam; evaporate
發: fā · issue, dispatch, send out, emit
发: fā · issue, dispatch, send out; hair

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1–1 · zheng1 fa1

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zing1 faat3

Cantonese word readings for 蒸發. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

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

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