Meaning of 煮
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to cook
- to boil
- variant of 煮[zhu3]
How to use 煮
煮 means to cook something in water, such as boiling noodles, eggs, dumplings, or rice. It is a very common everyday verb in the kitchen. Example: 我煮了两个鸡蛋。(Wǒ zhǔ le liǎng gè jīdàn.) I boiled two eggs.
煮 has 者 (zhě) on top, which gives the sound, and four fire dots 灬 at the bottom. Picture a pot sitting over a fire, so the thing on top is being boiled.
Common mistake: Learners often write the bottom as 火 instead of the four dots 灬, or confuse 煮 with 着 (zhe/zháo), which shares a similar top. Also remember 煮 is third tone, zhǔ, not zhù.
煮 in example sentences
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煮 zhǔ · to cook · 12 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 煮.
Questions about 煮
What does 煮 mean?
煮 (zhǔ) means "to cook; to boil" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 煮?
煮 is made of 1 character: 煮 (12 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.
Is 煮 an HSK word?
Yes. 煮 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the difference between 煮 and 做饭?
煮 specifically means cooking in boiling water or liquid. 做饭 (zuòfàn) is the general phrase for cooking a meal by any method. You 煮 noodles, but you 做饭 for the family.
How do I say to boil water in Chinese?
For heating water to drink, people usually say 烧水 (shāo shuǐ) rather than 煮水. 煮 is used when you put food into the water, as in 煮面 (zhǔ miàn), to boil noodles.