熬 (áo) means Stew (simmer). Below are 11 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
为了赶项目，他 熬 了三个通宵。
Wèile gǎn xiàngmù, tā áo le sān ge tōngxiāo.
He stayed up three whole nights to get the project finished.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 熬
妈妈 熬 了一锅粥，说喝了对胃好。
Māma áo le yì guō zhōu, shuō hē le duì wèi hǎo.
Mum simmered a pot of congee and said it is good for the stomach.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 熬
经常 熬 夜对身体不好。
Jīngcháng áoyè duì shēntǐ bù hǎo.
Staying up late often is bad for your health.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 熬夜
熬 夜会导致身体变差。
Áoyè huì dǎozhì shēntǐ biàn chà.
Staying up late leads to worse health.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 导致
熬 夜会打乱生理节奏。
Áoyè huì dǎluàn shēnglǐ jiézòu.
Staying up late disrupts the body's rhythm.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 生理
妈妈 熬 的粥又香又稠。
Māma áo de zhōu yòu xiāng yòu chóu.
The congee mum makes is fragrant and thick.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 粥
熬 夜赶工往往得不偿失。
Áoyè gǎngōng wǎngwǎng dé bù cháng shī.
Working through the night to catch up usually costs more than it gains.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 得不偿失
熬 夜之后他感到很疲倦。
Áoyè zhīhòu tā gǎndào hěn píjuàn.
After staying up all night he felt very tired.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 疲倦
为了考试，他昨天 熬 夜了。
Wèile kǎoshì, tā zuótiān áoyè le.
He stayed up all night yesterday for the exam.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 熬夜
长期 熬 夜摧残着他的身体。
Chángqī áoyè cuīcánzhe tā de shēntǐ.
Staying up late for years is ruining his health.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 摧残
熬 了这么多年，总算苦尽甘来。
Áo le zhème duō nián, zǒngsuàn kǔjìngānlái.
After enduring so many years, the good times have finally come.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 苦尽甘来
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Words that contain 熬
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Questions about 熬
How is 熬 used in a sentence?
This page shows 11 sentences using 熬 (áo, "Stew (simmer)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 熬 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 熬 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 熬 an HSK word?
Yes — 熬 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 熬?
The dictionary page for 熬 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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