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    Expressing 'to evaporate' with 蒸发 (zhēngfā)

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    Structure

    Subject + 蒸发

    Explanation

    The verb 蒸发 (zhēngfā) means "to evaporate" and describes the process of liquid turning into vapor. It can be used both literally in scientific contexts and figuratively to mean something disappearing quickly. For example, 在几小时内蒸发 means "evaporated within a few hours."

    Examples

    • 太阳出来后,地上的水很快就蒸发了。

      Tàiyáng chūlái hòu, dì shàng de shuǐ hěn kuài jiù zhēngfā le.

      After the sun came out, the water on the ground evaporated quickly.

    • 湖水在高温下不断蒸发,水位越来越低。

      Hú shuǐ zài gāowēn xià bùduàn zhēngfā, shuǐwèi yuè lái yuè dī.

      The lake water keeps evaporating under the high temperature, and the water level is getting lower and lower.

    • 那笔钱好像凭空蒸发了一样,怎么也找不到。

      Nà bǐ qián hǎoxiàng píngkōng zhēngfā le yīyàng, zěnme yě zhǎo bú dào.

      That money seemed to have evaporated into thin air; it's nowhere to be found.