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沸腾

fèi téng · fei teng

Traditional 沸騰

HSK 7–9Old HSK 6

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
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In a conversation

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A watched pot

  1. Dengdeng

    水(shuǐ)沸腾(fèiténg)了(le)吗(ma)？

    Is the water boiling yet?

  2. Liangliang

    还没有(háiméiyǒu)，我(wǒ)一直(yīzhí)看着(kànzhe)锅(guō)。

    Not yet. I have been watching the pot all along.

  3. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)一直(yīzhí)看着(kànzhe)，水(shuǐ)不会(bùhuì)沸腾(fèiténg)的(de)。

    If you keep watching it, the water won't boil.

  4. Liangliang

    真的(zhēnde)吗(ma)？那(nà)我(wǒ)去(qù)看(kàn)一会儿(yīhuìr)手机(shǒujī)。

    Really? Then I will go and look at my phone for a while.

  5. Dengdeng

    你看(nǐkàn)，水(shuǐ)沸腾(fèiténg)了(le)！

    Look, the water is boiling!

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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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