烹 (pēng) - To cook & to boil
烹 · pēng
To cook;
to boil;
to prepare food by heating;
to stew;
to decoct (herbs).
To cookto boilto prepare food by heating
Usage highlights
CookingCuisineCooking skillsCooking utensilsTo boil teaTo stew meat
Usage & contexts
Examples
- She is cooking dinner (烹饪晚餐).
- This is a cooking method (烹饪方法).
- He is boiling water (烹水).
- Traditional Chinese medicine involves decocting herbs (煎药).
Collocations
- Cooking(烹饪)
- Cuisine(烹调)
- Cooking skills(烹技)
- Cooking utensils(烹具)
- To boil tea(烹茶)
- To stew meat(烹肉)
Idioms
- To kill the goose that lays the golden eggs(烹牛宰羊)
- To cook a crane and regret it(烹鹤之悔)
- To be caught in a trap and boiled alive(兔死狗烹)
- To cook a sheep and feast(烹羊宰牛)
Cultural background
FAQ- In ancient China, '烹' was a method of execution by boiling alive, used during the Zhou dynasty.
- The character is strongly associated with Chinese culinary culture and the art of cooking.
- In traditional Chinese medicine, '烹' refers to the process of decocting herbs to extract medicinal properties.