煮 (zyu2) — cook; boil; stew; decoct in Cantonese
zyuˊ²煮Mandarin Pinyin: zhu3
Meaning of 煮
nouncook; boil; stew; decoct
noun(slang) to maliciously talk/gossip somebody in the back
Example Sentences with 煮
係唔係用花生油煮嘅?
Is this cooked in peanut oil?
火雞煮得好唔係容易
Cooking a turkey well is not easy.
neiˏ₅你zyuˊ²煮dipˍ₆碟sung˗₃餸houˊ²好hoengˉ¹香wo˗₃喎！
The dish cooked by you smells so good!
jatˉ¹一jatˍ₆日zyuˊ²煮zukˉ¹足saamˉ¹三caanˉ¹餐douˉ¹都geiˊ²幾saaiˉ¹嘥siˎ₄時gaan˗₃間。
It is very time-consuming if the three meals of a day are all made by me.
aa˗₃阿maaˉ¹媽gamˉ¹今maan5/2晚mˎ₄唔zyuˊ²煮faanˍ₆飯，，要jiu˗₃食sikˍ₆自ziˍ₆己。
Mum is not going to cook tongiht, so we/I have to have dinner on our/my own.
Words Containing 煮
煮飯婆zyu2 faan2 po4
housewife
煮鶴焚琴zyu2 hok6 fan4 kam4
burn down the musical instrument to cook the crane
煮飯仔zyu2 faan6 zai2
a clay pot; toy cooking utensils
煮餸zyu2 sung3
做菜
煮食zyu2 sik6
cook food
照板煮碗ziu3 baan2 zyu2 wun2
give an eye for an eye; pay sb in his own coin
慢火煮maan6 fo2 zyu2
simmer
煮食爐zyu2 sik6 lou4
a cooker
煮重米zyu2 cung5 mai5
(verb) prepare great meal for guests; or (verb with figurative meaning) to blame; to attack
煮鬼zyu2 gwai2
(verb) slander someone behind their back
煮死zyu2 sei2
to catch a criminal (lit., "cook death")
煮飯zyu2 faan6
to cook rice; to cook [華]: 做飯
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