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餾: to distill; to steam

By August 31, 2016January 16th, 2017Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

餾 [馏] líu


: to distill; to break a liquid substance up into components by boiling

餾 [馏] lìu


: to steam; to cook in a steamer; to reheat cold food by steaming it

Kun Reading
none applicable

蒸す | むす musu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to steam; to poultice; to be sultry

On Reading

リュウ ryuu

 Usage:

餾[馏]分 liu2fen2: fraction (of a distillate); key (one component part of a distillate)
[溜分 OR 留分 | りゅうぶん ryuubun: fraction (i.e. in distillation); cut]
乾餾 [干馏] gan1liu2: to carbonize; dry distillation; carbonization
[乾溜 OR 乾留 | かんりゅう kanryuu: dry distillation]
分餾[馏] fen1liu2: fractional distillation
[分溜 OR 分留 | ぶんりゅう bunryuu: fractional distillation (of gasoline, petrol); fractionation]
直餾[馏] zhi2liu2: direct distillation
蒸餾 [蒸馏] zheng1liu2: to distill; distillation
[蒸溜 OR 蒸留 | じょうりゅう jouryuu: distillation]

餾[馏] liu4: to steam; to cook in a steamer; to reheat cold food by steaming it

釜餾[馏] fu3 liu4: stilling
超精餾[馏] chao1 jing1 liu4: superfraction
再蒸餾 [再蒸馏] zai4 zheng1liu4: redistill
初步蒸餾 [初步蒸馏] chu1bu4 zheng1liu4: predistillation
回流蒸餾 [回流蒸馏] hui2liu2 zheng1liu4 : cohobation (redistillation of a liquid by pouring it back
repeatedly on the same matter from which it was initially distilled)
 Etymology:
餾[馏] liu2 | liu4: to distill; to steam
ne4: sick radical 104 +
liu2: stop, halt; detain, keep



Old Variant:
癅 [瘤] liu2



簡體 Simplified.
馏. Derived from generic radical simplification #2 (飠食 » 饣).



 Examples:
none applicable

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary