卤 (lǔ) — to stew in soy sauce and spices (a Chinese cooking method)
Definition
卤 (lǔ) names both the method and the result: to stew meat or eggs slowly in soy sauce with spices. The resulting dish itself is also called 卤 (e.g., 卤蛋 'soy-sauce-stewed egg').
verb
to stew in soy sauce and spices (a Chinese cooking method)
Examples
- 卤，。Mā ma lǔ le yì guō niú ròu, wèi dào tè bié xiāng.Mom stewed a pot of beef in soy sauce, and it smelled especially delicious.
- 卤，。Zhè jiā diàn de lǔ dàn hěn hǎo chī, měi tiān dōu yǒu hěn duō rén mǎi.The soy-sauce-stewed eggs at this shop are delicious; many people buy them every day.
- 卤？Nǐ xué guò zěn me lǔ jī tuǐ ma?Have you learned how to stew chicken legs in soy sauce?
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
This origin belongs to the traditional form 滷; 卤 is its simplified writing.
The simplified 卤 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words it is 滷; in others it is 鹵.
Sound part声符shēngfú
鹵
鹵lǔ滷lǔ
Same sound today
The traditional form 滷 uses 氵 (water) with 鹵 for the sound; the simplified 卤 is a shorthand.
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