煲 (bou1) — cook; stew; boil in Cantonese
bouˉ¹煲
Mandarin Pinyin: bao1
Meaning of 煲
nouncook; stew; boil
nouncooking pot; cooker; boiler
noun(noun) 1. bowtie (slang) Relationship (of dating couples)
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Example Sentences with 煲
今日我同我女朋友掟煲
I broke up with my girlfriend today.
你條女發嬲啦，仲唔快啲箍煲
Your girl is throwing tantrums. Quickly go appease her.
neiˏ₅你gaaˉ¹加seoiˊ²水taai˗₃太siu2,少,zauˍ₆就wuiˏ₅會bouˉ¹煲nungˉ¹燶faanˍ₆飯gaa˗₃㗎。
If you add too little water, you will burn the rice.
aa˗₃阿maˉ¹媽gamˉ¹今jatˍ₆日bouˉ¹煲zoˊ²咗tongˉ¹湯。
Mum has cooked soup today.
其實我好想同佢掟煲，但係因為次次同佢講呢件事佢都喊得好慘，所以到而家我都唔敢同佢講分手
Actually I really want to break up with her, but I daren't suggest it. Every time I mention it, she bursts into tears.
Words Containing 煲
大千海鮮煲daai6 cin1 hoi2 sin1 bou1
spicy seafood hotpot
煲無米粥bou1 mou4 mai5 zuk1
to waste time planning sth; discuss something that will amount to nothing
電水煲din6 seoi2 bou1
(n.) electric kettle
煲電話粥bou1 din6 waa2 zuk1
long telephone chat (as long as cooking (煲) rice porridge (粥), it seems). An attribute which mostly, but not exclusively, teenagers are known for.
飯煲faan6 bou1
rice cooker
大煲daai6 bou1
a big problem (lit., "a big boiling pot")
吊砂煲diu3 saa1 bou1
to go hungry; to be out of work
潮州芥菜煲ciu4 zau1 gaai3 coi3 bou1
Chiuchow-style mustard hotpot
啫啫雞煲zoe3 zoe3 gai1 bou1
sizzling chicken hot pot
高壓煲gou1 aat3 bou1
pressure cooker
煲仔類bou1 zai2 leoi6
clay pot style
煲老藕bou1 lou5 ngau5
young man with older woman (lit., "boil old lotus root")
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