| zhǔ | to cook/to boil |
| 煮 | to cook to boil |
| 煮呢 | roll boiling; crabbing |
| 煮开 | to boil (vegetables) |
| 煮水壶 | a kettle |
| 煮沸 | to boil |
| 煮沸灭菌器 | a boiling sterilizer |
| 煮法 | cooking method |
| 煮熟 | boil |
| 煮硬 | to hard-boil (eggs) |
| 煮胶锅 | glue cooker |
| 煮蛋 | boiled egg |
| 煮蛋计时器 | egg timer |
| 煮豆燃萁 | burning beanstalks to cook the beans (idiom); to cause internecine strife |
| 煮鸡蛋 | boiled egg; coddled egg |
| 煮鹤焚琴 | destroy the thing valuable or fine |