烹制 (pēng zhì) — to cook, to prepare (food, in a formal or culinary context)

Definition

A formal, culinary-context verb meaning 'to cook / to prepare' food — more elevated and written than everyday 做饭 or 炒, used for chefs, techniques, or dishes.

verb
to cookto prepare (food, in a formal or culinary context)

Examples

  • 烹制。
    Mā ma zhèng zài chú fáng lǐ pēng zhì wǎn cān.
    Mom is cooking dinner in the kitchen.
  • 烹制。
    Zhè dào cài xū yào pēng zhì liǎng gè xiǎo shí.
    This dish needs to be cooked for two hours.
  • 烹制。
    Chú shī yòng chuán tǒng fāng fǎ pēng zhì niú ròu.
    The chef cooks beef using traditional methods.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

烹pēngcook
制zhìmake

烹制 combines 烹 'cook' and 制 'make' to mean prepare food by cooking.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
灬Written in full as火huǒfire
Sound part声符shēngfú
亨
亨hēng烹pēng
Same sound today

烹 uses 亨 to give the sound and 灬, a form of 火, to show fire used in cooking.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The form 制 pairs 朱 (tree) with 刀 (knife), showing the act of cutting a tree.

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