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熬
āo
1. to boil
2. to simmer
HSK 6 Very Common • Top 5% ✏️ 15 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

熬
áo
to boil, to simmer; to endure pain
HSK 5 14 丶

Compound Words (11)

难熬
nánáo
hard to bear
煎熬
jiānáo
to suffer
熬膏
áogāo
to simmer to a paste
熬药
áoyào
to decoct medicinal herbs
苦熬
kǔáo
to endure (years of suffering)
熬夜
áoyè
to stay up late or all night
HSK 5
熬煎
áojiān
suffering
熬稃
āofū
puffed grain
熬出头
áochūtóu
to break clear of all the troubles and hardships
熬更守夜
áogēngshǒuyè
to stay up through the night (idiom)
媳妇熬成婆
xífùáochéngpó
lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom)

Alternate Entries

熬
áo
to cook on a slow fire / to extract by heating / to decoct / to endure
HSK 6

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
2,704
Word Frequency Rank
4,069 of 84,292