boil; cook; stew (v.)
HSK 5
Traditional
煮 (unaltered)
Radicals
Stroke order
Homophones
拄 zhǔ - lean on (v.) | HSK 6
Phonetically similar words
住 zhù - to live; stay (a number of nights) (v.) | HSK 1
猪 zhū - pig (n.) | HSK 5
株 zhū - root and stem of a tree; individual plant; plant (clf.) | HSK 6
Examples
请把米饭煮熟了。 qǐng bǎ mǐfàn zhǔ shú le. - Please cook the rice thoroughly.
他每天都在家煮晚饭。 tā měitiān dōu zài jiā zhǔ wǎnfàn. - He cooks dinner at home every day.
她喜欢煮各种不同口味的汤。 tā xǐhuān zhǔ gèzhǒng bùtóng kǒuwèi de tāng. - She enjoys cooking soups with different flavors.
他们在大锅里煮了一大锅汤。 tāmen zài dàguō lǐ zhǔle yī dà guō tāng. - They cooked a big pot of soup in the large pot.
这种食物需要煮很久才能熟透。 zhè zhǒng shíwù xūyào zhǔ hěn jiǔ cáinéng shú tòu. - This food needs to be cooked for a long time to be well done.