煲 (bou1 | bao1) : cooker; boiler; cook; stew

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煲

bou1

bao1

[1] [n] cooking pot; cooker; boiler
[2] [v] cook; stew; boil

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Level: 2

Radical: 火 (#86)

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

煲

This word has been viewed 10686 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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茶煲 caa4 bou1 = teapot; loanword for "trouble" 粵

煲湯 bou1 tong1 bao1 tang1 = boil soup

煲呔 bou1 taai1 bao1 tai1 = bow tie (loanword)

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 ding4 bao1 = break up with a loved one 粵

飯煲 faan6 bou1 = rice cooker

煲水 bou1 seoi2 bao1 shui3 = 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 bao1 cha2 = to pour boiling water over; to make tea

水煲 seoi2 bou1 = kettle

高壓煲 gou1 aat3 bou1 = pressure cooker

電飯煲 din6 faan6 bou1 = a rice cooker

煲蠟 bou1 laap6 bao1 la4 = wax burning, burn wax, candles boiling

大千海鮮煲 daai6 cin1 hoi2 sin1 bou1 = spicy seafood hotpot

煲老藕 bou1 lou5 ngau5 = young man with older woman 粵

爆煲 baau3 bou1 = to let out a secret; go over the limit

煲冬瓜 bou1 dung1 gwaa1 = a winter melon; pun on the word Putonghua (普通話) 粵

煲煙 bou1 jin1 = to smoke

煲藥 bou1 joek6 = boiling down roots for medicine

煲粥 bou1 zuk1 = boil congee; to talk for hours on the telephone 粵

煲冇米粥 bou1 mou5 mai5 zuk1 = to waste time planning sth; discuss something that will amount to nothing 粵

煲無米粥 bou1 mou4 mai5 zuk1 bao1 wu2 mi3 zhou1 = to waste time planning sth; discuss something that will amount to nothing

煲仔 bou1 zai2 = a small claypot for cooking; clay pot style 粵

煲針 bou1 zam1 = disinfecting needles for an injection (lit., "boil needles")

穿煲 cyun1 bou1 = to let a secret out (fail in covering up sth) 粵

大煲 daai6 bou1 = a big problem (lit., "a big boiling pot")

吊砂煲 diu3 saa1 bou1 = to go hungry; to be out of work 粵

箍煲 ku1 bou1 = salvage the relationship 粵

煲燶飯 bou1 nung1 faan6 = to overcook rice 粵

瓦煲 ngaa5 bou1 wa3 bao1 = a clay pot (used for cooking)

砂煲 saa1 bou1 sha1 bao1 = a clay pot (used for cooking)

煲仔類 bou1 zai2 leoi6 = clay pot style 粵

砂煲兄弟 saa1 bou1 hing1 dai6 = bretheren (figuratively); friends as good as brothers 粵

掟煲信 deng3 bou1 seon3 = a farewell letter (e.g., a Dear John or Dear Jane letter) 粵

煲劇 bou1 kek6 = binge-watching; binge-viewing 粵

煲碟 bou1 dip6*2 bao1 die2 = to watch DVD's or VCD's 粵

同撈同煲 tung4 lou1 tung4 bou1 tong2 lao1 tong2 bao1 = share weal and woe; through thick and thin 粵

煲水新聞 bou1 seoi2 san1 man4 bao1 shui3 xin1 wen2 = news without substantial facts; gossip news; fabricated news 粵

揸水煲 zaa1 seoi2 bou1 zha1 shui3 bao1 = (to hold a tea pot) work as a waiter 粵

煲仔飯 bou1 zai2 faan6 bao1 zai3 fan4 = clay pot rice

啫啫雞煲 zoe3 zoe3 gai1 bou1 = sizzling chicken hot pot 粵

砂煲罌罉 saa1 bou1 aang1 caang1 sha1 bao1 ying1 cheng1 = kitchen utensils; sundry goods 粵

煲老牛 bou1 lou5 ngau4 = to date someone much older 粵

潮州芥菜煲 ciu4 zau1 gaai3 coi3 bou1 = Chiuchow-style mustard hotpot

西貢煲仔飯 sai1 gung3 bou1 zai2 faan6 = Saigon special clay pot

銻煲 tai1 bou1 = aluminium cooker 粵

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阿媽今日煲咗湯。粵
Mum has cooked soup today.

今日我同我女朋友掟煲粵
I broke up with my girlfriend today.

你條女發嬲啦，仲唔快啲箍煲粵
Your girl is throwing tantrums. Quickly go appease her.

你加水太少,就會煲燶飯㗎。粵
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]

其實我好想同佢掟煲，但係因為次次同佢講呢件事佢都喊得好慘，所以到而家我都唔敢同佢講分手粵
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.]

電飯煲唔好𠱂响書檯上便。粵
Don't choose to put the rice cooker on the desk.

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