煲

• ピンイン: bāo
• 漢字の分解: 煲 = 火 + 保 (fire + preserve — slow-cooking vessel)

意味

（煲）土鍋／弱火でじっくり煮込む

Especially associated with Cantonese cuisine and home cooking in southern China. As a verb, 煲 implies patient, unhurried cooking to draw out deep flavour from ingredients, and is also used metaphorically for long phone calls (煲电话粥).

例文

1. 母亲每天清晨都会用瓦煲慢火熬制一锅浓郁的骨头汤。
2. 他连续煲了四个小时的汤，整间屋子都弥漫着药材的香气。
3. 广东人素有煲汤养生的传统，四季皆有对应的汤品。

使い方ガイド

場面: cooking, food, daily life

トーン: warm

正しい言い方

• 她特意买了一只紫砂煲，用来每天为家人熬制养生汤。(She specifically bought a purple clay pot to simmer health soups for her family every day.)
• 这道药膳需要用文火慢慢煲上三个小时，不能心急。(This medicinal dish needs to be simmered slowly over low heat for three hours — you cannot rush it.)

避ける言い方

• 用煲煮了五分钟 — 煲 as a method implies prolonged slow-cooking; for quick cooking use 煮 or 炖 instead

起源と歴史

煲 = 火 (fire) + 保 (preserve/protect) — a vessel that uses fire to slowly preserve and concentrate flavours

文化的背景

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal