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煮 zhǔ to boil

to boil; to cook

How to remember 煮: 者 specialist + 灬 fire = to boil. The pasta specialist lights the fire under a huge pot and shows the kids how long to boil the noodles.

  • HSK 5
  • 12 strokes
  • Radical 灬

Component breakdown

煮 = 者 specialist + 灬 fire

  • 者 specialist
  • 灬 fire
The Gushi story

The pasta specialist lights the fire under a huge pot and shows the kids how long to boil the noodles.

How it is used

  • A plain verb for cooking by boiling in water: 煮饭 zhǔfàn (cook rice/a meal), 煮面 zhǔ miàn (boil noodles), 煮鸡蛋 zhǔ jīdàn (boil eggs).
  • Distinguish from other cooking verbs: 炒 chǎo (stir-fry in oil), 煎 jiān (pan-fry), 蒸 zhēng (steam), 炸 zhá (deep-fry) - Chinese cooking vocabulary is method-specific, and mixing these up is a common learner mistake.
  • Very common, everyday spoken word with no formal register issues.