熟

• 拼音: shú
• 汉字拆解: 熟 = 享 (enjoy) + 灬 (fire), food cooked over fire until done

含义

Cooked; ripe; familiar. Describes food that is ready to eat, fruit that is ripe, or a person one knows well.

A versatile adjective with three main senses: (1) cooked/done (肉熟了 the meat is cooked), (2) ripe (水果熟了 the fruit is ripe), (3) familiar/well-acquainted (我们很熟 we know each other well). Also appears in compounds like 熟悉 (familiar), 成熟 (mature), and 熟人 (acquaintance). Pronounced shú in standard Mandarin; shóu is a colloquial variant.

例句

1. 这个苹果还没有熟。
2. 肉已经煮熟了。
3. 我跟他很熟。

用法指南

语境: food, cooking, relationships

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 这些水果熟了吗？(Are these fruits ripe?)
• 你对这个地方熟不熟？(Are you familiar with this place?)

错误说法

• 不要混淆'我们很熟'和'食物煮熟了'的意思 (Be aware that 熟 has different senses — 我们很熟 means 'we know each other well,' while 煮熟了 means 'fully cooked'; context determines the meaning)

起源与历史

Top component 享 (enjoy) + bottom component 灬 (fire). Depicts food being cooked over fire until done, extending to 'ripe' and then metaphorically to 'familiar through repeated exposure.'

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal