煮水

Chinese

		to cook; to boil	water; river
simp. and trad. (煮水)		煮	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǔshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǔshuǐ [Phonetic: zhúshuǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǔshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: chu³-shui³
    • Yale: jǔ-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juushoei
    • Palladius: чжушуй (čžušuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

煮⫽水 (verb-object)

1. (Taiwan, Singapore) to boil water

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 燒水 (“to boil water”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		燒水
Mandarin	Taiwan	燒水
	Guilin	燒水
	Malaysia	煮水
	Singapore	煮水
Cantonese	Hong Kong	煲水
	Singapore (Guangfu)	煲水
Southern Min	Xiamen	燃水
	Quanzhou	燃水
	Zhangzhou	燃水
	Taipei	燃水 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	煎水, 燃水
	Singapore (Hokkien)	燃水
	Jieyang	炰水, 煎水, 燃水
	Singapore (Teochew)	燃水
	Wenchang	煲水
	Singapore (Hainanese)	煲水
Wu	Shanghai	燒茶 of drinking water, 燒水
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

• (dialectal) 做水
• (Wu) 開水／开水 (kāishuǐ)