煮

The character "煮" has 12 strokes. "煮" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "煮" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "煮" are "zhǔ" . View the stroke order of "煮">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "煮"

v.: boil; cook

• boil : v.煮沸；烧开；煮；烫；翻腾；汹涌；沸腾；达到沸点；把（壶、锅等）里面的液体煮沸
• cook : v.烹调；煮；烧；篡改；伪造；干得起劲；做得欢；干得好

Form words with "煮"

煮米饭 cook rice

煮细面条 cook slender noodles;cook slender noodles;cook slender noodles

煮饺子 boil jiaozi (in water)

煮鸡蛋 boil eggs; boiled eggs

煮呢机 decatizing/decating machine; decator

温水煮青蛙 boil a frog in warm water―boiling frog syndrome; inability of people to react to significant changes that occur gradually

煮茧车间 cocoon cooking workshop

煮蛙效应 frog-boiling effect

煮老了的鸡蛋 hard-boiled eggs

Example phrases using "煮"

• 白菜被煮得烂得没有味道了。

  The cabbage had been boiled down into a flavourless mash.

• 我早饭喝了一杯牛奶，吃了两个煮鸡蛋。

  I had a glass of milk and two hard-boiled eggs for breakfast.

• 每剂中药通常都煮两和。

  Every dosage of Chinese herbal medicine is normally boiled twice.

• 把煮出来的油脂都撇掉。

  Drain off all fat that cooked out.

• 她把豆子浸泡后才煮。

  She soaked the beans before cooking them.

• 厨子多了煮坏汤。

  Too many cooks spoil the broth.

• 肉煮得稀烂。

  The meat was cooked until very soft.

• 鸡蛋煮老了。

  The eggs are boiled hard.

• 汤越煮越稠。

  The soup thickens by boiling.

• 空心面吃起来讲究筋道。面要煮得刚到火候，面心应有点儿嚼头。

  Spaghetti should be eaten al dente—cooked until just done and retaining some ‘bite’ at the core.