粵

沸fai3水seoi2

fai3 seoi2fèi shuǐ

English

  1. boiling water
  2. boiling water

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 加熱至蒸發緊嘅水

Examples

  • 把蛋放入沸水中。

    Put the egg into boiling water.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

  • 我給沸水燙傷了。

    I burned myself with boiling water.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 沸水蒸发成气体。

    Boiling water evaporates and turns into a gas.

    Tatoeba · trieuho CC BY

  • 唔好畀啲細路掂到滾水。

    不要讓小朋友接觸沸水。 (bat1 jiu3 hoeng6 siu2 pang4 jau5 zip3 zuk1 fai3 seoi2.)

    Don't let your children touch boiling water.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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