开
水

Boiled water in Chinese: 开水 (kāi shuǐ)

kāi shuǐ

boiled water

HSK 3.0 Level 4Traditional: 開水1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1boiled water
  2. 2boiling water

Stroke order

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开
水

Zhuyin

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ㄎㄞ

kāi

ㄎ/ kㄞ/ ai—/ first tone

ㄕㄨㄟˇ

shuǐ

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

开水

Simplified

開水

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 请给我倒一杯开水。

    qǐng gěi wǒ dǎo yì bēi kāi shuǐ。

    Please pour me a cup of boiled water.

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Related words

开

kāi

to open (transitive or intransitive)

水

shuǐ

water

水果

shuǐ guǒ

fruit

开始

kāi shǐ

to begin

离开

lí kāi

to depart

水平

shuǐ píng

level (of achievement etc)

公开

gōng kāi

open

胶水

jiāo shuǐ

glue

开发

kāi fā

to exploit (a resource)

开放

kāi fàng

to bloom

开心

kāi xīn

to feel happy

展开

zhǎn kāi

to unfold

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