to cook; to boil | water; river | ||
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simp. and trad. (煮水) |
煮 | 水 |
煮⫽水 (verb-object)
Variety | Location | Words |
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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) |