Entry
  1. to boil

    trad. 燒開

Also written 燒開【shāo kāi】

Characters in this word

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to burn; to set on fire, to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc), to braise, to cook; to prepare food, to run a fever, fever, (coll.) to become full of oneself; to get carried away

Pinyin
shāo
Traditional
Strokes
10
Frequency
2173 of 2500
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to open (transitive or intransitive), (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start, to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run, to boil, to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc), (directional complement) away; off, carat (gold), abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2], abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format

Pinyin
kāi
Traditional
Strokes
4
Frequency
467 of 2500