煲水

Chinese

		pot or saucepan; to boil; cook or heat	water; river
trad. (煲水)		煲	水
simp. #(煲水)		煲	水
anagram		水煲

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bou¹ seoi²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): bau¹ sui²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou¹ seoi²
    • Yale: bōu séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou¹ soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou¹ sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: bau¹ sui²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau³³ sui⁵⁵/

Verb

煲⫽水 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese, Hainanese) to boil water

Synonyms

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		燒水
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	燒水
	Malaysia	煮水
	Singapore	煮水
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	燒水
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)

• (Wu) 開水／开水 (kāishuǐ)

Adjective

煲水

1. (Cantonese) fabricated; false