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bou1
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[1] [v] heat; boil a saucepan [2] [Cantonese] [n] kettle Stroke count: 13
Level: 4
Radical: 火 (#86)
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| This character was last edited on 25th Aug 2008 | |
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茶煲
caa4 bou1 = teapot; loanword for "trouble"
煲電話粥
bou1 din6 waa6*2 zuk1 = long telephone chat粵
電水煲
din6 seoi2 bou1 = electric kettle粵
掟煲
deng3 bou1 = to break up with a loved one (spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend)粵
飯煲
faan6 bou1 = rice cooker
煲水
bou1 seoi2 = to boil water粵
煲飯
bou1 faan6 = a casserole; rice cooked w/meat or sausage in same pot, latter served separately
煲茶
bou1 caa4 = make tea
水煲
seoi2 bou1 = kettle
高壓煲
gou1 aat3 bou1 = pressure cookerSee all 36 compounds |
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Showing all 3 examples containing 煲
今日我同我女朋友掟煲 粵
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I broke up with my girlfriend today.
你條女發嬲啦，仲唔快啲箍煲 粵
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Your girl is throwing tantrums. Quickly go appease her.
你加太少水就會煲燶飯咖。 粵
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If you add too little water, you will burn the rice. Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only |
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Decimal representation of this word: 煲
Unicode code for this character: U+7172 (off-site link)
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HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/268/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">煲</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 煲
Unicode code for this character: U+7172 (off-site link)
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