饪 (rèn): to cook (food until done)

Meanings

1 to cook (food until done)

Characters

饪

rèn

to cook

Examples

HSK 6

他报了一个烹饪班。

Tā bào le yí gè pēngrèn bān.

He has signed up for a cooking class.

HSK 7-9

她擅长烹饪，做的菜很好吃。

Tā shàncháng pēngrèn, zuò de cài hěn hǎochī.

She is skilled at cooking and makes delicious dishes.

Tips

usage

In modern Chinese 饪 appears almost exclusively in 烹饪 (cooking, culinary arts), a slightly formal word for the craft of cooking.

Components

radical

饣 shí

food; to eat (left-side form of 食)

The food radical (left-side form of 食) marks this as something to do with preparing or eating food.

phonetic

壬 rén

ninth heavenly stem

On the right 壬 supplies the sound, with only a tone shift from rén to rèn. It carries no meaning here.

Stroke Order

饪 rèn

Related Words

烹饪 pēngrèn #6,900

cooking / culinary arts / to cook

厨师 chúshī HSK 6 #4,449

chef; cook; professional cook

食品 shípǐn HSK 3 #3,202

food / foodstuff / food product

到头来 dàotóulái HSK 7-9 #9,575

in the end / after all is said and done / when all is said and done

办事 bànshì HSK 4 #5,021

to handle affairs; to get things done / to work; to take care of business

打包 dǎbāo HSK 5 #4,883

to pack; to package / to get a doggy bag (take leftover food from a restaurant) / to bundle up

完事 wánshì #4,665

to be done / to finish up / that's it

丁 dīng HSK 7-9 #3,663

a small cube or piece (of food) / fourth of the Heavenly Stems / male adult

厨 chú #3,648

kitchen / cook; chef

享用 xiǎngyòng #5,350

to enjoy (food, benefits) / to partake of