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  bou1   jyutping
  bao1   pinyin
[1] [n] cooking pot; cooker; boiler
[2] [v] cook; stew; boil

Default PoS: noun Additional PoS: verb
Stroke count: 13
Level: 2
Radical: (#86)

This character is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

This word has been viewed 9897 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 24th Dec 2014 14:30

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detail  caa4 bou1   = teapot; loanword for "trouble"
detail  bou1 tong1  bao1 tang1 = boil soup
detail  bou1 taai1  bao1 tai1 = bow tie (loanword)
detail  bou1 din6 waa6*2 zuk1   = long telephone chat
detail  din6 seoi2 bou1   = electric kettle
detail  deng3 bou1  ding4 bao1 = break up with a loved one
detail  faan6 bou1   = rice cooker
detail  bou1 seoi2  bao1 shui3 = to boil water
detail  bou1 faan6   = a casserole; rice cooked w/meat or sausage in same pot, latter served separately
detail  bou1 caa4  bao1 cha2 = to pour boiling water over; to make tea
detail  seoi2 bou1   = kettle
detail  gou1 aat3 bou1   = pressure cooker
detail  din6 faan6 bou1   = a rice cooker
detail  bou1 laap6  bao1 la4 = wax burning, burn wax, candles boiling
detail  daai6 cin1 hoi2 sin1 bou1   = spicy seafood hotpot
detail  bou1 lou5 ngau5   = young man with older woman
detail  baau3 bou1   = to let out a secret; go over the limit
detail  bou1 dung1 gwaa1   = a winter melon; pun on the word Putonghua (普通話)
detail  bou1 jin1   = to smoke
detail  bou1 joek6   = boiling down roots for medicine
detail  bou1 zuk1   = boil congee; to talk for hours on the telephone
detail  bou1 mou5 mai5 zuk1   = to waste time planning sth; discuss something that will amount to nothing
detail  bou1 mou4 mai5 zuk1  bao1 wu2 mi3 zhou1 = to waste time planning sth; discuss something that will amount to nothing
detail  bou1 zai2   = a small claypot for cooking; clay pot style
detail  bou1 zam1   = disinfecting needles for an injection (lit., "boil needles")
detail 穿  cyun1 bou1   = to let a secret out (fail in covering up sth)
detail  daai6 bou1   = a big problem (lit., "a big boiling pot")
detail  diu3 saa1 bou1   = to go hungry; to be out of work
detail  ku1 bou1   = salvage the relationship
detail  bou1 nung1 faan6   = to overcook rice
detail  ngaa5 bou1  wa3 bao1 = a clay pot (used for cooking)
detail  saa1 bou1  sha1 bao1 = a clay pot (used for cooking)
detail  bou1 zai2 leoi6   = clay pot style
detail  saa1 bou1 hing1 dai6   = bretheren (figuratively); friends as good as brothers
detail  deng3 bou1 seon3   = a farewell letter (e.g., a Dear John or Dear Jane letter)
detail  bou1 kek6   = binge-watching; binge-viewing
detail  bou1 dip6*2  bao1 die2 = to watch DVD's or VCD's
detail  tung4 lou1 tung4 bou1  tong2 lao1 tong2 bao1 = share weal and woe; through thick and thin
detail  bou1 seoi2 san1 man4  bao1 shui3 xin1 wen2 = news without substantial facts; gossip news; fabricated news
detail  zaa1 seoi2 bou1  zha1 shui3 bao1 = (to hold a tea pot) work as a waiter
detail  bou1 zai2 faan6  bao1 zai3 fan4 = clay pot rice
detail  zoe3 zoe3 gai1 bou1   = sizzling chicken hot pot
detail  saa1 bou1 aang1 caang1  sha1 bao1 ying1 cheng1 = kitchen utensils; sundry goods
detail  bou1 lou5 ngau4   = to date someone much older
detail  ciu4 zau1 gaai3 coi3 bou1   = Chiuchow-style mustard hotpot
detail 西  sai1 gung3 bou1 zai2 faan6   = Saigon special clay pot
detail  tai1 bou1   = aluminium cooker

Showing all 6 examples containing 煲
detail audio 阿媽今日
Mum has cooked soup today.
detail audio 今日女朋友掟煲
I broke up with my girlfriend today.
detail 條女發嬲快啲箍煲
Your girl is throwing tantrums. Quickly go appease her.
detail ,煲燶飯
If you add too little water, you will burn the rice.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,134219,134225#msg-134225]
detail 其實掟煲但係因為次次所以而家唔敢分手
Actually I really want to break up with her, but I daren't suggest it. Every time I mention it, she bursts into tears.
[Lit. actually I very want with her break-up, however because time-time with her also speak this [counter] matter she cry manner very pitiful, therefore arrive now I not dare with her speak split hand.]
detail 電飯煲唔好𠱂書檯上便
Don't choose to put the rice cooker on the desk.

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