烹饪

烹飪

pēngrèn

noun/verb #6,900

Meanings

1 cooking
2 culinary arts
3 to cook

Characters

to boil; to cook

to cook (literary)

Examples

她对烹饪很有兴趣。

Tā duì pēngrèn hěn yǒu xìngqù.

She is very interested in cooking.

这道菜的烹饪方法很简单。

Zhè dào cài de pēngrèn fāngfǎ hěn jiǎndān.

The cooking method for this dish is very simple.

Tips

usage

烹饪 is more formal/literary than 做饭 (zuòfàn, 'to cook a meal'). It refers to the art or technique of cooking.

Stroke Order

烹 pēng

饪 rèn