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熬

áo

HSK 6 Character

What 熬 means

1. to cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct
2. to endure

Other readings

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

• āoto simmer; to boil slowly

Example sentences

• 我习惯熬夜。
  I am used to sitting up late.
• 她习惯熬夜。
  She is in the habit of keeping late hours.
• 我又熬夜了。
  I stayed up all night again.
• 玛丽昨晚熬夜。
  Mary stayed up late last night.
• 她熬夜习惯了。
  She is used to staying up late.
• 我们习惯熬夜。
  We're used to staying up late.

Words starting with 熬

• 熬夜áo yèto stay up late or all night
• 熬煎áo jiānsuffering; torture
• 熬膏áo gāoto simmer to a paste
• 熬药áo yàoto decoct medicinal herbs
• 熬出头áo chū tóuto break clear of all the troubles and hardships; to achieve success; to make it
• 熬头儿áo tou r(colloquial) the reward of one's efforts; the light at the end of the tunnel
• 熬更守夜áo gēng shǒu yèto stay up through the night (idiom)
• 熬稃áo fū(old) popped glutinous rice (term used during the Song dynasty)

Words containing 熬

• 煎熬jiān áoto suffer; to torture; to torment
• 难熬nán áo(of pain or hardship) hard to bear
• 苦熬kǔ áoto endure (years of suffering)
• 媳妇熬成婆xí fù áo chéng pólit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law…
• 多年媳妇熬成婆duō nián xí fù áo chéng pósee 媳妇熬成婆

Characters built on 敖

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

• 傲àoproud; arrogant; to despise
• 嗷áoloud clamor; the sound of wailing
• 鳌áomythological sea turtle
• 螯áochela; nippers; claw; pincers (of crabs, lobsters, scorpions etc)
• 獒áo(bound form) mastiff
• 遨áoto make an excursion; to ramble; to travel
• 骜àoa noble steed (literary); (of a horse) untamed; (fig.) (of a person) headstrong
• 鏊àogriddle; tava

Characters that look like 熬

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

• 想xiǎngto think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that)
• 蔡Càisurname Cai
• 煞shāto terminate; to cut short; to bring to a stop
• 憨hānsilly; simple-minded; foolish
• 畿jīterritory around the capital
• 獒áo(bound form) mastiff

Sounds the same

Read áo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 鳌mythological sea turtle
• 獒(bound form) mastiff
• 嗷loud clamor; the sound of wailing
• 螯chela; nippers; claw; pincers (of crabs, lobsters, scorpions etc)
• 遨to make an excursion; to ramble; to travel
• 鏖violent fighting
• 璈(mus. instr.)
• 廒granary
• 嶅hill strewn with stones; (used in place names)
• 摮(archaic) to hit; to strike; to smite
• 聱difficult to pronounce
• 謷greatness; slander; sound of weeping