蒸zing1發faat3

English

1. to evaporate
2. (verb) (of figurative) Disappear or vanish
3. to vaporise; to evaporate
4. (fig.) to vanish; to disappear
5. to disappear (usually a person)

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 物質由液態變成氣態
2. 消失；唔見咗

Examples

• 人間蒸發

  to disappear without trace

• 一出太陽，地上嘅水就蒸發晒！

  All water on the ground evaporates once the sun appears! ----

• 沸水蒸发成气体。

  Boiling water evaporates and turns into a gas.

  Tatoeba · trieuho CC BY

• 當水被加熱時，水汽蒸發。

  Water evaporates when it is heated.

  Tatoeba · Martha CC BY