05150 Chinese character of 煲 and pronounce bou1

The Chinese character【煲】that we will explain today is a word that describes an action or process. It is mainly used for the following meanings:

Stewing or cooking.

You’ll find the pronunciation for this Chinese character here.

Mandarin Pinyin of 【煲】:bāo

Cantonese Jyutping of 【煲】:bou1

Below, you’ll find general facts about the Chinese character 【煲】︰

Here are some situations where you can use【煲】, for example:Describe an action or process , It means mainly to stew or cook .The richness and complexity of Chinese characters enable various interpretations, some of which may exceed what is presented here.

【煲】is a word that, when joined with additional words, constructs more precise phrases, like【煲湯、煲粥】(Mandarin Pinyin:bāo tāng 、bāo zhōu/ Cantonese Jyutping:bou1 tong1 、bou1 zuk1)

To form this character, you need 13 strokes,It is a highly difficult Chinese character that is rarely used in daily life and has a lower frequency of usage,This example sentence will help clarify the usage of this character.:


他用砂鍋煲了一鍋暖胃的湯。

He cooked a pot of stomach-warming soup in a casserole.


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