蒸發 [－发]

Jyutping zing1 faat3
Pinyin zhēng fā

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to evaporate
  2. evaporation
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. (verb) (of figurative) Disappear or vanish
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    物質​由​液態​變成​氣態
    to vaporise; to evaporate
    • 一出太陽，地上嘅水就蒸發晒！
      一出太阳，地上嘅水就蒸发晒！
      jat1 ceot1 taai3 joeng4, dei6 soeng6 ge3 seoi2 zau6 zing1 faat3 saai3!
      All water on the ground evaporates once the sun appears!
  2. 動詞
    消失​；​唔​見​咗
    to disappear (usually a person)
    • 人間蒸發
      人间蒸发
      jan4 gaan1 zing1 faat3
      to disappear without trace
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, literally
    to evaporate (transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state)
    (syn.) 蒸
  2. verb, figuratively
    to vanish; to disappear
    (syn.) 消逝, 消滅, 消散, 消失, 收敛, 远去, 消亡, 不见, 奭, 收斂, 绝灭, 消融, 遠去, 泯绝, 泯絕, 不見, 消灭, 絕滅
    • 人間蒸發
      人间蒸发
      rén jiān zhēng fā
      (of a human) to disappear from the public
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    当水被加热时，水汽蒸发。
    當水被加熱時，水汽蒸發。
    dāng shuǐ bèi jiā rè shí ， shuǐ qì zhēng fā 。
    • Water evaporates when it is heated.
  2. Mandarin
    沸水蒸发成气体。
    沸水蒸發成氣體。
    fèi shuǐ zhēng fā chéng qì tǐ 。
    • Boiling water evaporates and turns into a gas.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    近排咁多人喺依头人间蒸发，会唔会系有连环杀手呀？
    近排咁多人喺依頭人間蒸發，會唔會係有連環殺手呀？
    gan6 paai4 gam3 do1 jan4 hai2 ji1 tau4 jan4 gaan1 zing1 faat3, wui5 m4 wui5 hai6 jau5 lin4 waan4 saat3 sau2 aa3?
    • So many disappeared without a trace around here recently. I wonder if there's a serial killer out there.
  2. Cantonese
    一出太阳，地上嘅水就蒸发晒！
    一出太陽，地上嘅水就蒸發晒！
    jat1 ceot1 taai3 joeng4, dei6 soeng6 ge3 seoi2 zau6 zing1 faat3 saai3!
    • All water on the ground evaporates once the sun appears!
  3. Cantonese
    人间蒸发
    人間蒸發
    jan4 gaan1 zing1 faat3
    • to disappear without trace
  4. Cantonese
    楼主好耐冇回复人，我怀疑佢已经人间蒸发。
    樓主好耐冇回復人，我懷疑佢已經人間蒸發。
    lau4 zyu2 hou2 noi6 mou5 wui4 fuk6 jan4, ngo5 waai4 ji4 keoi5 ji5 ging1 jan4 gaan1 zing1 faat3.
    • The original poster hasn't replied us for so long that he may have vanished from this world.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    人间蒸发
    人間蒸發
    rén jiān zhēng fā
    • (of a human) to disappear from the public