熬
HSK 7freq #4418
Meanings
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- 1.to cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct
- 2.to endure
- 1.to simmer; to boil slowly
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Wiktionary
- 1.to cook something on slow fire; to extract something using heat
- 2.to endure
- 3.a surname, Ao
- 4.to stew (vegetables, etc.) in water; to boil; to simmer
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Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rV-ŋaw (“to fry; to roast”); cognate with Tibetan རྔོ (rngo, “to fry”), Chepang ङाव्सा (ŋaw, “to fry; to parch; to roast”), Tangut 𗲔 (*ŋur¹, “pancake”) (STEDT; Benedict, 1972; Coblin, 1986; Schuessler, 2007; Jacques, 2014).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
我熬夜熬多久都行。
I can stay up as late as I want.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Related words
熬夜 to stay up late or all night难熬 (of pain or hardship) hard to bear熬稃 puffed grain苦熬 to endure (years of suffering)煎熬 to suffer熬药 to decoct medicinal herbs熬煎 suffering熬膏 to simmer to a paste熬出头 to break clear of all the troubles and hardships熬头儿 (coll.) the reward of one's efforts熬更守夜 to stay up through the night (idiom)媳妇熬成婆 lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom)