See also: 滚水

Chinese edit

to boil; to roll water; river
trad. (滾水)
simp. (滚水)

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

滾水

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore, Cantonese, Hakka) boiling water; very hot water
    尋日滾水 [Cantonese, trad.]
    寻日滚水𰈍 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ngo5 cam4 jat6 bei2 gwan2 seoi2 luk6 can1 sau2. [Jyutping]
    My hand was scalded by boiling water yesterday.
  2. (dialectal) boiling water; boiled water
    滾水滚水 [Cantonese]  ―  dung3 gwan2 seoi2 [Jyutping]  ―  cold boiled water
  3. (dialectal Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, dialactal Gan, Puxian Min) hot water

Synonyms edit

  • (boiling water): 沸水 (fèishuǐ)

Derived terms edit

Interjection edit

滾水

  1. (Cantonese) Used to ask someone in the way to move aside.