āo

HSK 7-9
common
verb

Meaning of

熬 means boil vegetables in water; blanch. Pronounced āo. HSK 7-9.

  • boil vegetables in water; blanch

Character Info

Radical
Strokes10
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

ma
jīn
tiān
āo
le
bái
cài
pèi
mán
tou
 

Mom boiled cabbage to go with steamed buns today.

Zhè
jiā
cān
guǎn
shàn
cháng
āo
dòu
 
kǒu
gǎn
bié
nèn
huá
 

This restaurant is good at boiling tofu, which has a particularly smooth and tender texture.

huan
āo
cài
de
shí
hou
jiā
diǎn
suàn
 

I like to add a little minced garlic when boiling spinach.

yóu
mài
cài
fàng
jìn
kāi
shuǐ
āo
xià
zài
liáng
bàn
 

You can put lettuce into boiling water to blanch it before making cold salad.

Zhè
dào
āo
dōng
guā
tāng
qīng
dàn
yòu
hǎo
 

This boiled winter melon soup is light and delicious.

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