"Boil" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 沸腾 | fèi téng | (of a liquid) to boil / (of sentiments etc) to boil over / to flare up / to be impassioned |   |
| 开 |  kāi | to open / to start / to turn on / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / to operate (a vehicle) / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format | |
| 滚 | gǔn | to boil / to roll / to take a hike / Get lost! | |
| 煮 | zhǔ | to cook / to boil | |
| 翻滚 | fān gǔn | to roll / to boil | |
| 煮沸 | zhǔ fèi | to boil | |
| 滚开 | gǔn kāi | to boil (of liquid) / boiling hot / Get out! / Go away! / fuck off (rude) | |
| 烧开 | shāo kāi | to boil | |
| 汽化 | qì huà | to boil / to vaporize | |
| 烧 | shāo | to burn / to cook / to stew / to bake / to roast / to heat / to boil (tea, water etc) / fever / to run a temperature / (coll.) to let things go to one's head | |
| 沸 | fèi | to boil | |
| 熬 | āo | to boil / to simmer | |
| 瘩 | dá | sore / boil / scab | |
| 疱 | pào | pimple / acne / blister / boil / ulcer | |
| 涫 | guàn | (classical) to boil | |
| 疖 | jié | pimple / sore / boil | |
| 疔 | dīng | boil / carbuncle | |
| 瀹 | yuè | to cleanse / to boil | |
| 疖子 | jiē zi | (medicine) boil / furuncle / knot (in wood) | |
| 烹煮 | pēng zhǔ | to cook / to boil | |
| 煮开 | zhǔ kāi | to boil (food) | |
| 滚沸 | gǔn fèi | (of a liquid) to boil | |
| 疖 | jiē | pimple / sore / boil / Taiwan pr. [jie2] | |
| 下面 | xià miàn | to boil noodles | |
| 涌起 | yǒng qǐ | to well up / to boil out / to bubble forth / to spurt | |
| 煮熟 | zhǔ shóu | to boil thoroughly / to cook thoroughly | |
| 烧水 | shāo shuǐ | to heat water / to boil water | |
| 开锅 | kāi guō | to season a wok / to take the lid off a pot / (of the contents of a pot) to start to boil / (fig.) to become rowdy | |
| 民怨沸腾 | mín yuàn fèi téng | seething discontent (idiom) / popular grievances boil over | |
| 兔死狗烹 | tù sǐ gǒu pēng | lit. to boil the hound once it caught the rabbit (idiom) / fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose | |
| 练 | liàn | to practice / to train / to drill / to perfect (one's skill) / exercise / (literary) white silk / to boil and scour raw silk | |
| 爆 | bào | to explode or burst / to quick fry or quick boil | |
| 烹 | pēng | cooking method / to boil sb alive (capital punishment in imperial China) | |
| 炝 | qiàng | to stir-fry then cook with sauce and water / to boil food briefly then dress with soy etc / to choke / to irritate (throat etc) | |
| 汆 | cuān | quick-boil / to boil for a short time | |
| 湅 | liàn | to boil raw silk (to soften and clean it) | |
| 烋 | xiāo | to boil or fumigate | |
| 哪壶不开提哪壶 | nǎ hú bù kāi tí nǎ hú | lit. mention the pot that doesn't boil (idiom) / to touch a sore spot / to talk about sb's weak point | |
| 民怨鼎沸 | mín yuàn dǐng fèi | seething discontent (idiom) / popular grievances boil over | |
| 潽 | pū | to boil over | |
| 趾疔 | zhǐ dīng | boil on the toe | |
| 暗疔 | àn dīng | axillary furuncle / armpit boil | |
