烹 (pēng): to boil, to brew (tea), to cook by briefly stir-frying and then mixing in sauce, (old) to boil to death (judicial punishment in ancient times)
烹 (pēng) is a Chinese character meaning “to boil.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亨 (phonetic) and 灬 (semantic). It ranks #2918 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 烹 fire. Its radical form 火 (fire) appears in many related characters such as 火 (huǒ, fire), 灯 (dēng, lamp, light), 烟 (yān, smoke).
Definitions
- to boil
- to brew (tea)
- to cook by briefly stir-frying and then mixing in sauce
- (old) to boil to death (judicial punishment in ancient times)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 烹饪verb | pēng rèn | cooking |
| 烹调verb | pēng tiáo | to cook |
| 烹制 | pēng zhì | to cook |
| 烹饪法noun | pēng rèn fǎ | cuisine |
| 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) |
| 烹调术 | pēng tiáo shù | cookery |
| 狡兔死,走狗烹 | jiǎo tù sǐ , zǒu gǒu pēng | see 兔死狗烹 |
| 兔死狗烹phrase | tù sǐ gǒu pēng | (lit.) when the rabbit is dead, the hunting dogs are cooked (idiom) |
| 烹茶verb | pēng chá | to brew tea |
| 烹煮verb | pēng zhǔ | to cook |
烹 appears in 10 compound words: 70 as the first character, 20 as the last, and 10 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 烹 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
消防员迅速赶到,扑灭了熊熊大烹。
xiāo fáng yuán xùn sù gǎn dào , pū miè le xióng xióng dà pēng .
Firefighters arrived quickly and extinguished the raging blaze.
空间趋势:从封闭烹饪 → 社交化无边界厨房 开放式厨房越来越流行了。
kōng jiān qū shì : cóng fēng bì pēng rèn shè jiāo huà wú biān jiè chú fáng kāi fàng shì chú fáng yuè lái yuè liú háng le .
Trends in Kitchen Design: From Closed-Off Cooking to Social, Open-Concept Kitchens. Open-concept kitchens are becoming increasingly popular.
日常烹饪蔬菜,尽量搭配多种色彩,变换做法,提升孩子的接受度。
rì cháng pēng rèn shū cài , jǐn liàng dā pèi duō zhǒng sè cǎi , biàn huàn zuò fǎ , tí shēng hái zǐ de jiē shòu dù .
When cooking vegetables for everyday meals, try to include a variety of colors and experiment with different preparation methods to make them more appealing to children.
它们不仅能烹饪美味的晚餐,还能照顾老人、辅导孩子,甚至在主人遇到危险时挺身而出。
tā men bù jǐn néng pēng rèn měi wèi de wǎn cān , hái néng zhào gù lǎo rén , fǔ dǎo hái zǐ , shèn zhì zài zhǔ rén yù dào wēi xiǎn shí tǐng shēn ér chū .
Not only can they cook delicious dinners, but they can also take care of the elderly, tutor children, and even step in to protect their owners when they’re in danger.
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烹饪结束后请清洁炉灶和烤箱。
Pēngrèn jiéshù hòu qǐng qīngjié lúzào hé kǎoxiāng.
Clean the stove and oven after cooking.
这些苹果宜于烹饪。
Zhèxiē píngguǒ yíyú pēngrèn.
These apples are good cookers.
她打算去烹饪学校上几堂课。
Tā dǎsuàn qù pēngrèn xuéxiào shàng jǐ táng kè.
She's thinking of taking a couple of courses at a cooking school.
印度是一个烹饪文化丰富的地区。
Yìndù shì yī gè pēngrèn wénhuà fēngfù de dìqū.
India is a region rich in culinary culture.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 灬 (fire) component
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