Chinese symbol for “distill”
蒸馏
zhēng liú
Traditional: 蒸餾
to distill; distillation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for distill is 蒸馏 (zhēng liú), defined as: to distill; distillation.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “distill”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 馏 (餾) | liú | to distill; to break a liquid substance up into components by boiling |
| 酿制 (釀製) | niàng zhì | to brew (beer, soy sauce etc); to make (wine, vinegar etc); to distill (spirits) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蒸馏.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蒸汽 | zhēng qì | steam |
| 蒸发 (蒸發) | zhēng fā | to evaporate; (fig.) to vanish; to disappear |
| 蒸气 (蒸氣) | zhēng qì | vapor; steam |
| 蒸汽机 (蒸汽機) | zhēng qì jī | steam engine |
| 蒸蒸日上 | zhēng zhēng rì shàng | becoming more prosperous with each passing day |
| 蒸馏水 (蒸餾水) | zhēng liú shuǐ | distilled water |
| 分馏 (分餾) | fēn liú | fractional distillation |
| 蒸馏器 (蒸餾器) | zhēng liú qì | still (i.e. distilling apparatus) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “distill”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.