把水燒開。

Bring the water to a boil.

Boil the water.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 把 bǎ
  1. to hold; to grasp
  2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
  3. handlebar
  4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
  5. classifier for things with handles
  6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 bǎ + {noun} + {verb})
=1 把 bà handle
=1 把 pá
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)
=2 水 Shuǐ surname Shui
=2 水 shuǐ
  1. water
  2. (after a name) ... River
  3. to swim (used mostly in 会水 huìshuǐ and 水性 shuǐxìng)
  4. (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy
  5. (bound form) additional cost; extra income
  6. classifier for washings of a garment
3 燒開 shāokāi to boil