沸腾

fèi téng · fei teng

Traditional 沸騰

Meaning

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  1. (of a liquid) to boil
  2. (of sentiments etc) to boil over
  3. to flare up
  4. to be impassioned

In a sentence

2 examples
01

水(shuǐ)沸(fèi)腾(téng)后(hòu)变(biàn)为(wéi)蒸(zhēng)汽(qì)。

Water turns into steam when it is boiled.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)们(men)的(de)老(lǎo)师(shī)说(shuō)水(shuǐ)到(dào)了(le)一(yì)百(bǎi)度(dù)就(jiù)会(huì)沸(fèi)腾(téng)。

Our teacher said that water boils at 100°C.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by minshirui · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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