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烧水

shāo shuǐ

2-character word Traditional 燒水

What 烧水 means

1. to heat water
2. to boil water

The characters in 烧水

• 烧shāoto burn; to set on fire; to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc); to braise
• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水

Example sentences

• 我们在烧水。
  We are boiling water.
• 他们烧水想沏茶。
  Tāmen shāoshuǐ xiǎng qī chá.
  They boil water for tea.
• 就算不盯着烧水壶水也会烧开的。
  A watched pot never boils.

Words starting with 烧水

• 烧水壶shāo shuǐ húkettle