<blockquote>
  <p>"The water is boiling."</p>
</blockquote>

<p>We say 水開了 in Taiwan. Nothing else.</p>

<p>我們都說「水開了」，好像沒有人用其他講法。</p>

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2017-10-31T07:19:06.880Z
Wouldn't 水開了 be the water is boiled and not the water is boiling? Wouldn't the water is boiling be something more like 水烧了 or 烧水了.
Mou某
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2018-01-29T07:28:20.123Z
Here is one: 水滾了
Diaph
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2017-10-30T04:50:18.473Z
2017-10-30T04:50:18.473Z
user3a
<p>“水開了/沸了/滾了” are all used in oral. Even “水好了” goes well (好了=燒好了, and you can use it in preparing for bath, either).</p>

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2018-02-02T02:44:33.893Z
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Hao FU
<p>Many ways to describe water boiling, depends on the situation, say temperature or some flow within, of water.</p>

<ul>
<li>水開了：water has reached at 100°C</li>
<li>水滾了: water has reached at 100°C</li>
<li>水在沸騰: water is going up to 100°C</li>
</ul>

<p>The first one is the most common way to describe the water is boiled already.</p>

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2018-02-02T02:39:39.337Z
The way you distinguish three sentences doesn’t make any sense. They’re same but different statements anyway.
Hao FU
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p3nchan
<p>When using an electric water cooker/boiler, how to translate the following:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>The water is boiling.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>What would be arguably the most common way in Mandarin to say this in Taiwan?</p>

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2017-10-30T04:09:52.293Z
"The water is boiling": 水開啦.
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How to say: "the water is boiling" in Taiwanese Mandarin?
# How to say: "the water is boiling" in Taiwanese Mandarin?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-10-30)

When using an electric water cooker/boiler, how to translate the following:

> The water is boiling.

What would be arguably the most common way in Mandarin to say this in Taiwan?

**Tags:** taiwan

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: "The water is boiling": 水開啦.  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2017-10-30. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

> "The water is boiling."

We say 水開了 in Taiwan. Nothing else.

我們都說「水開了」，好像沒有人用其他講法。

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: Wouldn't 水開了 be the water is boiled and not the water is boiling? Wouldn't the water is boiling be something more like 水烧了 or 烧水了.  
> **username_4**: Here is one: 水滾了  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2018-02-02. Score: 1

“水開了/沸了/滾了” are all used in oral. Even “水好了” goes well (好了=燒好了, and you can use it in preparing for bath, either).


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### Answer by username_6 on 2018-02-01. Score: 0

Many ways to describe water boiling, depends on the situation, say temperature or some flow within, of water.

* 水開了：water has reached at 100°C
* 水滾了: water has reached at 100°C
* 水在沸騰: water is going up to 100°C

The first one is the most common way to describe the water is boiled already.

> **Comments:**
> **username_5**: The way you distinguish three sentences doesn’t make any sense. They’re same but different statements anyway.  

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