Chinese word dictionary

开水

kāishuǐ · boiled water; boiling water

Practice word

Word information

Simplified开水

Traditional開水

Pinyinkāishuǐ

Part of speech名

HSK 3.05

HSK 2.06

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

开kāi

to open; to start, to initiate, to begin

水shuǐ

water

How to learn 开水

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

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开kāi

to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format

开车kāichē

to drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual joke

水shuǐ

surname Shui; water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garment

水果shuǐguǒ

fruit; CL:個|个[ge4]

打开dǎkāi

to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on

开始kāishǐ

to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]