煮飯 (zyu2 faan6 | zhu3 fan4) : to cook rice; to cook

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煮飯

zyu2 faan6

zhu3 fan4

to cook rice; to cook [華]: 做飯

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 523,000

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

煮飯

This word was added by MrBug on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

Characters in this word:

煮 zyu2 - cook
飯 faan6 - cooked rice

2 compounds containing this word:

煮飯婆 - housewife
煮飯仔 - a clay pot; toy cooking utensils

Showing 1 example containing 煮飯

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.]

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Decimal representation of this word: 煮飯

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