烹
烹
pēng
cooking method; to boil sb alive (capital punishment in imperial China)
verb
Character Breakdown
Radical: 火 (no. 86)
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- (verb) cooking method
- to boil sb alive (capital punishment in imperial China)
Example Sentences
Example sentences coming soon.
Words Containing 烹
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 烹煮 | pēng zhǔ | to cook | |
| 烹茶 | pēng chá | to brew tea | |
| 烹调 | pēng tiáo | to cook | |
| 烹饪 | pēng rèn | cooking | |
| 烹调术 | pēng tiáo shù | cookery | |
| 烹饪法 | pēng rèn fǎ | cuisine | |
| 兔死狗烹 | tù sǐ gǒu pēng | lit. to boil the hound once it caught the rabbit (idiom) | |
| 狡兔死走狗烹 | jiǎo tù sǐ zǒu gǒu pēng | see 兔死狗烹[tu4 si3 gou3 peng1] | |
| 治大国若烹小鲜 | zhì dà guó ruò pēng xiǎo xiān | ruling a large nation is like cooking a small delicacy (idiom) |
Related Words
五刑(wǔ xíng)— imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4]
→煮法(zhǔ fǎ)— cooking method
→凌迟(líng chí)— the lingering death
→刖(yuè)— to amputate one or both feet (punishment in imperial China)
→HSK & Exam Info
This word is not part of the HSK vocabulary lists.