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煲 bāo to heat

to heat; to boil; pot

How to remember 煲: 保 to protect + 火 fire = to heat. To protect the baby's health, Mom lights a small fire under the kettle to heat every drop of water.

  • HSK 8
  • 13 strokes
  • Radical 火

Component breakdown

煲 = 保 to protect + 火 fire

  • 保 to protect
    • 亻 person
    • 呆 dull
  • 火 fire
The Gushi story

To protect the baby's health, Mom lights a small fire under the kettle to heat every drop of water.

How it is used

  • A Cantonese-origin word: to slow-cook in a pot, and the pot itself - 煲汤 (bāo tāng) to simmer soup for hours, 煲仔饭 (bāozǎifàn) claypot rice, 电饭煲 (diànfànbāo) a rice cooker.
  • Slang 煲电话粥 (bāo diànhuà zhōu) means to have a long, cozy phone chat.