开水 (開水)
kāi shuǐ
Pinyin

Definition

开水 (開水)
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kāi shuǐ
  1. boiled water
  2. boiling water

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

水
Shuǐ
  1. 1 surname Shui
水平
shuǐ píng
  1. 1 level (of achievement etc)
  2. 2 standard
  3. 3 horizontal
水果
shuǐ guǒ
  1. 1 fruit
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
水瓶座
Shuǐ píng zuò
  1. 1 Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
一头雾水
yī tóu wù shuǐ
  1. 1 to be confused
  2. 2 to be baffled

Idioms (20)

一清如水
yī qīng rú shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
一碗水端平
yī wǎn shuǐ duān píng
  1. 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be impartial
一点水一个泡
yī diǎn shuǐ yī gè pào
  1. 1 honest and trustworthy (idiom)
三个和尚没水喝
sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē
  1. 1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
  3. 3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
不显山不露水
bù xiǎn shān bù lù shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts

Sample Sentences

你看咱中国人，走到哪里手里都拎着一个保温杯，里面要不就是泡了茶，要不就是泡了红枣、枸杞、玫瑰花、山楂什么的，最不济也是热开水。
nǐ kàn zán Zhōngguórén ，zǒu dào nǎlǐ shǒu lǐ dōu līn zhe yī ge bǎowēnbēi ，lǐmiàn yàobù jiùshì pāo le chá ，yàobù jiùshì pāo le hóngzǎo 、gǒuqǐ 、méiguīhuā 、shānzhā shénme de ，zuìbújì yě shì rèkāishuǐ 。
Take a look at the Chinese people, wherever they go they carry a thermos flask, whether it’s hot water infused with tea, red dates, goji berry, roses or hawthorn or the worst just hot water.
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我上次带我爸妈去外国旅游也是，到处找不着热开水，只好回到酒店的时候多煲一点开水备用，太不人性化了。
wǒ shàngcì dài wǒ bà mā qù wàiguó lǚyóu yě shì ，dàochù zhǎo bù zháo rèkāishuǐ ，zhǐhǎo huídào jiǔdiàn de shíhou duō bāo yìdiǎn kāishuǐ bèiyòng ，tài bù rénxìnghuà le 。
The last time I took my parents on an overseas holiday, we couldn’t find hot water everywhere. So we had to boil more water for spare use when we went back to the hotel, it was too inhuman.
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哦！咱中国人就是喜欢喝热开水，外国就不一样了，不管多冷的天，他们都喝凉白开。
é ！zán Zhōngguórén jiùshì xǐhuan hē rèkāishuǐ ，wàiguó jiù bù yīyàng le ，bùguǎn duō lěng de tiān ，tāmen dōu hē liángbáikāi 。
Wow, Chinese just love to drink hot water. Foreigners are different because no matter how cold the weather, they drink room temperature water.
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口渴了得喝水，当然毋庸置疑。可那是被动地喝水，我们还要主动地来补水，比如清早起床后喝杯温开水，有助于稀释血液，帮助肝肾代谢，排除体内废物，养颜又保健。
kǒukě le děi hēshuǐ ，dāngrán wúyōngzhìyí 。kě nà shì bèidòng de hēshuǐ ，wǒmen hái yào zhǔdòng de lái bǔ shuǐ ，bǐrú qīngzǎo qǐchuáng hòu hē bēi wēn kāishuǐ ，yǒuzhùyú xīshì xuèyè ，bāngzhù gān shèn dàixiè ，páichú tǐnèi fèiwù ，yǎngyán yòu bǎojiàn 。
Of course there's no question that if you're thirsty you should drink water. But that's drinking water in a passive way. We also have to be proactive in supplementing our water intake, like, for example, early in the morning when you get out of bed, drinking a glass of warm boiled water helps ease your circulation, as well as helping your liver and kidneys metabolize, to rid yourself of toxins, helping improve your skin and keeping you healthy.
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煮开水
zhǔ kāishuǐ
to boil water
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烧开水
shāo kāishuǐ
to boil water
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热开水、温开水、冷开水、冰开水
rè kāishuǐ 、wēn kāishuǐ 、lěng kāishuǐ 、bīng kāishuǐ
hot water, warm water, cold water, ice water
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请给我一杯白开水。
qǐng gěi wǒ yī bēi báikāishuǐ 。
Please give me a glass of (clean/drinking) water.
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请给我一杯开水。
qǐng gěi wǒ yī bēi kāishuǐ 。
Please give me a glass of (clean/drinking) water.
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也没有，我只会烧开水煮面。
yěméiyǒu ，wǒ zhī huì shāo kāishuǐ zhǔ miàn 。
No, I can only boil water to make noodles.
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