煲粥

Chinese

		pot or saucepan; to boil; cook or heat	congee; gruel; porridge
trad. (煲粥)		煲	粥
simp. #(煲粥)		煲	粥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāozhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bou¹ zuk¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): bau¹ zuuk²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāozhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: baojhou
    • Wade–Giles: pao¹-chou¹
    • Yale: bāu-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baujou
    • Palladius: баочжоу (baočžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou¹ zuk¹
    • Yale: bōu jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou¹ dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou¹ zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: bau¹ zuuk²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau³³ t͡sɵk̚⁵⁵/

Verb

煲⫽粥 (verb-object)

1. (chiefly Cantonese) to make congee
2. (chiefly Cantonese, figurative) to talk for a long time on the phone

   • 做上了客服，自然就可以煲粥，從早煲到晚，但若是自家的電話，就別圖一時痛快，到月底繳費的時候再來心疼了！ [MSC, trad.]
     做上了客服，自然就可以煲粥，从早煲到晚，但若是自家的电话，就别图一时痛快，到月底缴费的时候再来心疼了！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2006, 纪凯 (principal editor), 《女人：如何洞悉男人的内心世界》, page 287

     Zuò shàng le kèfú, zìrán jiù kěyǐ bāozhōu, cóng zǎo bāo dào wǎn, dàn ruòshì zìjiā de diànhuà, jiù bié tú yīshí tòngkuài, dào yuèdǐ jiǎofèi de shíhòu zài lái xīnténg le! [Pinyin]

     Once you get used to doing customer service, you'll naturally be able to talk for hours on the phone, from morning till evening, but if it's your own phone, don't look for temporary satisfaction and then get heartbroken when you pay your bills at the end of the month!

Synonyms

• (to make congee): 熬粥 (áozhōu), 熬稀飯／熬稀饭, 餷粥／馇粥 (chāzhōu); (Teochew) 炰糜
• (to talk for a long time on the phone): 煲電話粥／煲电话粥 (bāo diànhuàzhōu)