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烹
pēng
1. cooking method
2. to boil sb alive (capital punishment in imperial China)
Very Common • Top 5% ✏️ 11 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

烹
pēng
cooking, cuisine; stir-fry
HSK 6 11 丶

Compound Words (9)

烹饪
pēngrèn
cooking
HSK 6
烹煮
pēngzhǔ
to cook
烹茶
pēngchá
to brew tea
烹调
pēngtiáo
to cook
烹饪法
pēngrènfǎ
cuisine
烹调术
pēngtiáoshù
cookery
兔死狗烹
tùsǐgǒupēng
lit. to boil the hound once it caught the rabbit (idiom)
狡兔死走狗烹
jiǎotùsǐzǒugǒupēng
see [[兔死狗烹<tùsǐgǒupēng>]]
治大国若烹小鲜
zhìdàguóruòpēngxiǎoxiān
ruling a large nation is like cooking a small delicacy (idiom)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
3,460
Word Frequency Rank
4,150 of 84,292

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