What 烹饪 means
- Cooking; culinary arts†
† Our own dictionary has no entry for 烹饪, so these meanings are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors and based on CEDICT © 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski, and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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烹饪 in a sentence
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Questions about 烹饪
What does 烹饪 mean in English?
烹饪 is pronounced pēngrèn and means Cooking; culinary arts †.
How do you pronounce 烹饪?
烹饪 is pēngrèn in pinyin — written pengren without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.
What are the characters in 烹饪?
烹饪 is written with 2 characters: 烹 (pēng) Cook. Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.
How is 烹饪 written in traditional Chinese?
烹飪. The simplified form 烹饪 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 烹飪 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced pēngrèn.
Is 烹饪 an HSK word?
Yes — 烹饪 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
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