Chinese symbol for “vaporize”
气化
qì huà
Traditional: 氣化
to vaporize; evaporation; carburetion; 气 (qì) transformation in TCM (i.e. transformation of yin yang vital breath)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vaporize is 气化 (qì huà), defined as: to vaporize; evaporation; carburetion; 气 (qì) transformation in TCM (i.e. transformation of yin yang vital breath); unvoicing of voiced consonant.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “vaporize”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 气化.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 天气 (天氣) | tiān qì | weather |
| 空气 (空氣) | kōng qì | air; atmosphere |
| 气候 (氣候) | qì hòu | (meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs) |
| 生气 (生氣) | shēng qì | to get angry; to be furious; vitality; liveliness |
| 勇气 (勇氣) | yǒng qì | courage |
| 气氛 (氣氛) | qì fēn | atmosphere; mood |
| 文化 | wén huà | culture; civilization |
| 变化 (變化) | biàn huà | (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation |
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