粵

釀joeng6成sing4

simp酿成
joeng6 sing4niàng chéng

English

  1. to make (wine or spirits)
  2. (fig.) to lead to (a bad result)
  3. (usu. of catastrophe or bad incident) to cause; to result

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 造成災難、事故

Examples

  • 他们的友情酝酿成了爱情。

    Their friendship ripened into a deep love.

    Tatoeba · xiuqin CC BY

  • 完美主義很容易釀成災難。

    Perfectionism can quickly become a disaster.

    Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

  • 他和她之間的友誼,漸漸地醞釀成了愛情。

    By degrees the friendship between him and her grew into love.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 釀成慘劇

    resulted in a catastrophe

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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