ㄓㄨ ˇ

zhǔ

to cook

煮 is a 12 stroke, simplified and traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as zhǔ in the third tone.

In traditional Chinese the character 煑 may be used.

It is made up of the components 者 (person) and 灬 (fire).

  • 煮
    ㄓㄨ ˇ

    zhǔ

    to cook

    • 者
      ㄓㄜ ˇ

      zhě

      person

    • 灬
      ㄅㄧㄠ

      biāo

      fire

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Mike's the best PERSON in the family at <COOK>ing food over a FIRE, don[zhu] think?
by vms5q

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ZHUish custom is to cook everything before eating
by JakieBrock

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a person using fire
by ely

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one who cooks using fire
by badphoner

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Pronunciation

We found 1 pronunciation for 煮

Definitions for 煮 pronounced as zhǔ

  • variant of 煮[zhu3]
  • to cook
  • to boil

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