No. 3,588 in Chinese
煲
"煲" means "to stew" or "to boil (in a pot)."
In a sentence
我用锅煲了一锅汤。
I used a pot to stew a pot of soup.
In this sentence, '煲' means 'to stew or slow cook', and it is used as a verb to describe the action of cooking soup.
这个煲很适合煮粥。
This pot is very suitable for cooking porridge.
Here, '煲' refers to a cooking pot and is used as a noun to denote the container used for cooking.
这家小店的煲仔饭非常棒。
The claypot rice from this small shop is fantastic.
In this example, '煲' appears in '煲仔饭', which specifically refers to a type of dish cooked in a claypot, showcasing its usage in compound naming.
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