煮 (zyu2 | zhu3) : cook

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煮

zyu2

zhu3

[v]cook; boil; stew; decoct

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 火 (#86)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

煮

This word has been viewed 14740 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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煮飯 zyu2 faan6 zhu3 fan4 = to cook rice; to cook

慢火煮 maan6 fo2 zyu2 man4 huo3 zhu3 = simmer

水煮 seoi2 zyu2 shui3 zhu3 = boiled

煮菜 zyu2 coi3 = boil vegetables

煮食 zyu2 sik6 = cook food

煮食爐 zyu2 sik6 lou4 = a cooker

煮餸 zyu2 sung3 = prepare dishes 粵

煮飯婆 zyu2 faan6*2 po4 = housewife 粵

煮死 zyu2 sei2 = to catch a criminal (lit., "cook death") 粵

煮飯仔 zyu2 faan6 zai2 = a clay pot; toy cooking utensils 粵

生米都煮成熟飯 saang1 mai5 dou1 zyu2 seng4 suk6 faan6 sheng1 mi3 dou1 zhu3 cheng2 shu2 [PRC]/ shou2 [TW] fan4 = what\\\'s done is done; things are irreversible

照板煮碗 ziu3 baan2 zyu2 wun2 zhao4 ban3 zhu3 wan3 = copy mechanically; follow the beaten track 粵

烹煮 paang1 zyu2 peng1 zhu3 = death by boiling in a huge pot (form of execution)

煮鶴焚琴 zyu2 hok6 fan4 kam4 zhu3 he4 fen2 qin2 = pay no respect for elegance

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係唔係用花生油煮嘅? 粵
Is this cooked in peanut oil?

火雞煮得好唔係容易粵
Cooking a turkey well is not easy.

你煮碟餸好香喎！粵
The dish cooked by you smells so good!

一日煮足三餐都幾嘥時間。粵
It is very time-consuming if the three meals of a day are all made by me.

阿媽今晚唔煮飯，要食自己。粵
Mum is not going to cook tongiht, so we/I have to have dinner on our/my own.
[Usually mother cooks at home every night. If she does not cook, it implies that she is out at night, so the entire family has to think about the dinner stuff.]

我識煮正宗泰國菜。粵
I can cook authentic Thai food.
[[Lit.] I know (how) to cook authentic Thai food. ]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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