How to say “boiling water” in Chinese
boiling water
“Boiling water” in Chinese is 开水, kāi shuǐ: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
开水 is read kāi shuǐ: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
A picture of a stream.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “开水”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 开水. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 我去烧开水wǒqùshāokāishuǐI'll go boil some water.
More words from the lesson “Stir-fry, boil, stew”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “boiling water” in Chinese?
“Boiling water” in Chinese is 开水, pinyin kāishuǐ.
What does 开水 mean?
开水 (kāishuǐ) means “boiling water”.
How do you write 开水?
开水 is 2 characters: 开 (kāi) — open; drive; 水 (shuǐ) — water. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 开水?
开水 is read kāishuǐ. Tones: kāi — first tone, shuǐ — third tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“boiling water” in the lesson “Stir-fry, boil, stew”
This word is from the topic “Food and Cooking” of HSK 5. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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