煮 zhǔ to boil
to boil; to cook
怎么记住“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.
部件结构
煮 = 者 specialist + 灬 fire
- 者 specialist
- 灬 fire
The pasta specialist lights the fire under a huge pot and shows the kids how long to boil the noodles.
用法
- 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.