| 滚烫 | gǔn tàng | boiling / scalding |   |
| 开水 | kāi shuǐ | boiled water / boiling water | |
| 沸点 | fèi diǎn | boiling point | |
| 滚开 | gǔn kāi | to boil (of liquid) / boiling hot / Get out! / Go away! / fuck off (rude) | |
| 沸水 | fèi shuǐ | boiling water | |
| 滚水 | gǔn shuǐ | boiling water | |
| 固若金汤 | gù ruò jīn tāng | secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom) / well fortified / invulnerable to attack | |
| 泡饭 | pào fàn | to soak cooked rice in soup or water / cooked rice reheated in boiling water | |
| 汤 |  tāng | soup / hot or boiling water / decoction of medicinal herbs / water in which sth has been boiled | |
| 涮 | shuàn | to rinse / to trick / to fool sb / to cook by dipping finely sliced ingredients briefly in boiling water or soup (generally done at the dining table) | |
| 馏 | liú | to distill / to break a liquid substance up into components by boiling | |
| 人声鼎沸 | rén shēng dǐng fèi | lit. a boiling cauldron of voices (idiom) / hubbub / brouhaha | |
| 斧钺汤镬 | fǔ yuè tāng huò | battle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom) / facing torture and execution | |
| 请君入瓮 | qǐng jūn rù wèng | lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom) / fig. to give sb a taste of his own medicine | |
| 熟丝 | shú sī | silk raw material (prepared by boiling in soap) | |
| 开壶 | kāi hú | pot of boiling water | |
| 沸水反应堆 | | boiling water reactor | |
| 上刀山，下油锅 | shàng dāo shān , xià yóu guō | lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter cauldrons of boiling oil (idiom) / fig. to go through trials and tribulations | |
