烧开

Traditional: 燒開

shāo kāi

Dictionary entry

to boil

What does 烧开 mean?

烧开 (shāo kāi) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to boil

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烧shāoto burn; to set on fire · to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc)开kāito open (transitive or intransitive) · (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start

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烧开

shāo kāi

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