烹 (pēng) — to boil (food, tea, etc.); to stir-fry quickly with sauce; to cook (formal, often in compound words)
Definition
烹 (pēng) is a formal/literary verb meaning 'to cook' — rarely used alone, it mainly appears in compounds like 烹饪 and 烹调. The everyday standalone words for cooking are 做 or 炒.
verb
to boil (food, tea, etc.)to stir-fry quickly with sauceto cook (formal, often in compound words)
Examples
- 烹，。Mǔ qīn zài chú fáng pēng chá, děng zhe kè rén lái.Mother is brewing tea in the kitchen, waiting for the guests to arrive.
- 烹，。Zhè dào yú pēng de shí jiān tài cháng, wèi dào bù hǎo le.This fish was boiled too long; the flavor is not good.
- 烹，。Yòng dà huǒ pēng yí xià, jiù néng suǒ zhù ròu de shuǐ fèn.Stir-fry it over high heat briefly, and it will lock in the meat's moisture.
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.
烹 uses 亨 to give the sound and 灬, a form of 火, to show fire used in cooking.
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