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煮

zhǔ

HSK 5 Character

What 煮 means

1. to cook
2. to boil

Other readings

煮 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhǔvariant of {煮|zhǔ}

Example sentences

• 她煮了蛋。
  She boiled the eggs.
• 你在煮什么?
  What are you cooking?
• 我煮了鹿肉。
  I cooked venison.
• 苏珊很会煮饭。
  Sūshān hěn huì zhǔfàn.
  Susan is a good cook.
• 她不太会煮饭。
  She can't cook well.
• 她煮菜不加盐。
  She doesn't use salt when cooking.

Words starting with 煮

• 煮熟zhǔ shóuto boil thoroughly; to cook thoroughly
• 煮饭zhǔ fànto cook
• 煮沸zhǔ fèito boil
• 煮法zhǔ fǎcooking method
• 煮硬zhǔ yìngto hard-boil (eggs)
• 煮蛋zhǔ dànboiled egg
• 煮锅zhǔ guōcooking pot
• 煮开zhǔ kāito boil (food)
• 煮蛋计时器zhǔ dàn jì shí qìegg timer
• 煮豆燃萁zhǔ dòu rán qíburning beanstalks to cook the beans (idiom); to cause internecine strife
• 煮熟的鸭子飞了zhǔ shú de yā zi fēi lethe cooked duck flew away (proverb); (fig.) to let a sure thing slip through one's fingers

Words containing 煮

• 烹煮pēng zhǔto cook; to boil
• 烧煮shāo zhǔto cook
• 快煮壶kuài zhǔ húelectric kettle (Tw)
• 水煮蛋shuǐ zhǔ dànboiled egg
• 水煮鱼shuǐ zhǔ yúSichuan poached sliced fish in hot chili oil
• 关东煮Guān dōng zhǔoden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc…
• 家庭煮夫jiā tíng zhǔ fūhousehusband
• 生米煮成熟饭shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fànthe rice is cooked; what's done is done; it's too late to change anything now (idiom)
• 温水煮青蛙wēn shuǐ zhǔ qīng wā(fig.) introducing change incrementally so that it arouses little resistance…
• 焚琴煮鹤fén qín zhǔ hèlit. to burn zithers and cook cranes; fig. to waste valuable resources…
• 炖煮dùn zhǔto stew

Characters built on 者

These share the phonetic component 者 (zhě), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 署shǔoffice; bureau; (Taiwan pr. shù) to sign
• 著zhùto make known; to show; to prove
• 诸zhūall; various
• 赌dǔto bet; to gamble
• 绪xùbeginnings; clues; mental state
• 屠túto slaughter (animals for food); to massacre
• 猪zhūhog; pig; swine
• 堵dǔto block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole)…

Characters that look like 煮

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…
• 廉liánincorruptible; honest; inexpensive
• 惹rěto provoke; to irritate; to vex
• 庸yōngordinary; to use
• 嵩sōng(literary) (of mountains) lofty
• 翕xīto open and close (the mouth etc); friendly; compliant

Sounds the same

Read zhǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 主owner; master; host
• 嘱to enjoin; to implore; to urge
• 拄to lean on; to prop on
• 瞩to gaze at; to stare at
• 属to join together; to fix one's attention on; to concentrate on
• 渚islet; bank
• 丶"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3), aka 点
• 砫ancestral tablet
• 褚padding (in garment); to store up; pocket
• 麈leader of herd; stag
• 斸cut
• 𬣞wisdom