蒸馏

蒸餾

zhēngliú

verb #26,793

Meanings

1 to distill
2 distillation

Characters

to steam; to evaporate

to distill; to rectify

Examples

白酒是通过蒸馏工艺酿造而成的。

Báijiǔ shì tōngguò zhēngliú gōngyì niàngzào ér chéng de.

Baijiu is produced through the process of distillation.

蒸馏水不含矿物质，适合实验室使用。

Zhēngliú shuǐ bù hán kuàngwùzhì, shìhé shíyànshì shǐyòng.

Distilled water contains no minerals and is suitable for laboratory use.

Tips

memory

蒸 means 'to steam' and 馏 means 'to distill.' Together they describe the process: heating a liquid until it evaporates (steams), then condensing the vapor back into liquid.

Stroke Order

蒸 zhēng

馏 liú