烹调 pēngtiáo to cook
How to remember 烹调: 烹 cooking + 调 tune = to cook.
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How it is used
- To cook / prepare a dish, focusing on the technique and seasoning - 烹调方法 (pēngtiáo fāngfǎ) cooking method.
- More technical than everyday 做饭 (zuòfàn, to make a meal); used on menus, recipes, and food writing.
- Nearly synonymous with 烹饪 (pēngrèn), but 烹调 leans toward the act of cooking a dish, 烹饪 toward the culinary art as a whole.