What does 烧水 mean in Chinese?

烧水 (shāo shuǐ) means "to heat water; to boil water" in Chinese.

How do you pronounce 烧水?

烧水 is pronounced "shāo shuǐ" in Mandarin Chinese. It is made up of 2 syllables.

烧水 is not part of the HSK vocabulary lists. It may be a specialized or advanced word.

烧水 is made up of the characters 烧, 水. Each character has its own meaning and can appear in other words.

You can practice writing 烧水 using our stroke order tool.

verb

shāo shuǐ

to heat water; to boil water

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烧水 is not on the HSK 2.0 lists or the new exam syllabus.

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Reviewed by RJ Murray, Founder, HSK Lord.