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开水

开水 in English: boiled water; boiling water

kāi shuǐ

boiled water; boiling water

HSK 52 syllablestones: 1 + 3

How to pronounce 开水

kāi shuǐ (without tone marks: kai shui). kāi is a first (high, level) tone; shuǐ is a third (low, dipping) tone.

Characters in 开水

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
水 shuǐ
water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4])

Related words

开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); to startHSK 1
水shuǐwaterHSK 1
水果shuǐ guǒfruitHSK 1
开始kāi shǐto begin; beginningHSK 2
离开lí kāito depart; to leaveHSK 3
水平shuǐ pínglevel (of achievement etc); standardHSK 3
开玩笑kāi wán xiàoto play a joke; to make fun ofHSK 4
开心kāi xīnto feel happy; to rejoiceHSK 4
矿泉水kuàng quán shuǐmineral waterHSK 4
公开gōng kāiopen; overtHSK 5