Qing Wen: How to Describe Water in Chinese [Drinking water/ Boiling / Temperature etc] | Elementary Lesson | ChinesePod
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In this short video lesson, we teach you all the ways to describe water. For example, the ways to describe boiling water, water that is fit for drinking (boiled water), as well as different temperature's of water, for example, hot, warm, cold and iced water. If you like H20, then this is the lesson for you.

Key Dialogue:
烧开水 (shāo kāishuǐ) - to boil water
煮开水 (zhǔ kāishuǐ) - to boil water
水开了!(shuǐ kāi le) - The water has reached a rolling boil! ; The water is boiling!
水滚了!(shuǐ gǔn le) - The water has reached a rolling boil! ; The water is boiling!
等到水滚了才能关火 (děngdào shuǐ gǔn le cáinéng guān huǒ) - You can only turn off the gas once the water reaches a rolling boil.
请给我一杯开水 (qǐng gěi wǒ yī bēi kāishuǐ) - Please give me a glass of (clean/drinking) water.
请给我一杯白开水 (qǐng gěi wǒ yī bēi báikāishuǐ) - Please give me a glass of (clean/drinking) water.
请给我白水 (qǐng gěi wǒ báishuǐ) - Please give me a glass of (clean/drinking) water.
热开水 (rè kāishuǐ) - hot water
温开水 (wēn kāishuǐ) - warm water
冷开水 (lěng kāishuǐ) - cold water
冰开水 (bīng kāishuǐ) - ice water
怎么煮水饺?(zěnme zhǔ shuǐjiǎo) - How do you make dumplings?

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