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炊

chuī
verb #72,654

Meanings

  1. 1 to cook (food over a fire)
  2. 2 to do the cooking

Examples

HSK 5
傍晚，村子里升起了炊烟。
Bàngwǎn, cūnzi lǐ shēngqǐ le chuīyān.
Smoke from cooking fires rose from the village at dusk.
HSK 7-9
巧妇难为无米之炊。
Qiǎofù nán wéi wúmǐzhīchuī.
Even the cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice.

Tips

usage
炊 is the formal word for cooking, common in 炊烟 (smoke from cooking fires), 炊事 (cooking duties) and the proverb about not cooking without rice.

Components

radical
火 huǒ
fire
The fire radical on the left. Cooking is done over a fire, so the fire radical states the meaning of 炊 directly rather than just hinting at it.
phonetic
欠 qiàn
to owe; to lack; yawn
Originally a person with an open mouth blowing on the fire to keep it going. It supplies the sound chuī and pictures the act of fanning a cooking flame.

Stroke Order

炊 chuī