# 开水 (kāishuǐ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 开水 (kāishuǐ) means “boiled water; boiling water”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: boiled water; boiling water
- Pinyin: kāishuǐ (kai1 shui3)
- Traditional: 開水
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 小心一点儿，杯子里的开水很烫。
  Xiǎoxīn yìdiǎnr, bēizi lǐ de kāishuǐ hěn tàng.
  Be careful, the boiling water in the cup is very hot.

## Characters

- [开](https://hanziro.com/word/kai-open/) (kāi): to open; to turn on
- [水](https://hanziro.com/word/shui-water/) (shuǐ): water

https://hanziro.com/word/kai-shui-boiled-water/

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