áo

HSK 7-9
common
verb
noun

Meaning of

熬 means cook porridge; make thick gruel; simmer; boil long to extract essence. Pronounced áo. HSK 7-9.

  • cook porridge; make thick gruel
  • simmer; boil long to extract essence
  • endure hardship; bear pain; stay up late

Character Info

Radical
Strokes10
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Nǎi
nai
měi
tiān
zǎo
shàng
dōu
huì
áo
guō
xiǎo
zhōu
 

Grandma cooks a pot of millet porridge every morning.

Tiān
lěng
de
shí
hou
 
áo
wǎn
hóng
shǔ
zhōu
bié
nuǎn
huo
 

On cold days, a bowl of sweet potato porridge is very warm.

áo
áo
le
zhōu
dāng
zǎo
cān
 

He made corn porridge for breakfast after staying up late.

ma
jiāo
áo
chū
nóng
chóu
shùn
huá
de
yàn
mài
zhōu
 

Mom taught me how to make thick, smooth oatmeal porridge.

Běi
fāng
rén
dōng
tiān
cháng
áo
liáng
zhōu
lái
chōng
yíng
yǎng
 

People in northern China often cook mixed grain porridge in winter to get nutrition.