熬

to boil, to simmer; to endure pain; to simmer; to boil slowly; to cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct; to endure

Strokes
14
Pinyin
áo, āo

Parts

Words with 熬

  1. 煎熬jiān áo · jianaoto suffer; to torture; to torment
  2. 熬夜áo yè · aoyeto stay up late or all night
  3. 熬煎áo jiān · aojiansuffering; torture
  4. 熬稃āo fū · aofupuffed grain; popped wheat; popcorn
  5. 熬膏áo gāo · aogaoto simmer to a paste
  6. 熬药áo yào · aoyaoto decoct medicinal herbs
  7. 苦熬kǔ áo · kuaoto endure (years of suffering)
  8. 难熬nán áo · nanao(of pain or hardship) hard to bear
  9. 熬出头áo chū tóu · aochutouto break clear of all the troubles and hardships; to achieve success; to make it
  10. 熬头儿áo tou r · aotour(coll.) the reward of one's efforts; the light at the end of the tunnel
  11. 熬更守夜áo gēng shǒu yè · aogengshouyeto stay up through the night (idiom)
  12. 媳妇熬成婆xí fù áo chéng pó · xifuaochengpolit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom); fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor; what goes around comes around

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences