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炖

dùn · dun

Traditional 燉

HSK 7–9

Meaning

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  1. to stew
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Chicken soup

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)在(zài)做(zuò)什么(shénme)？好(hǎo)香(xiāng)！

    What are you making? It smells so good!

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)在(zài)炖(dùn)汤(tāng)，已经(yǐjīng)炖了(dùnle)两个(liǎnggè)小时(xiǎoshí)了(le)。

    I am stewing soup. I have been stewing it for two hours.

  3. Liangliang

    炖(dùn)什么(shénme)汤(tāng)？

    What soup are you stewing?

  4. Dengdeng

    鸡汤(jītāng)。炖(dùn)得(de)越(yuè)久(jiǔ)越(yuè)好喝(hǎohē)。

    Chicken soup. The longer it stews, the better it tastes.

  5. Liangliang

    可是(kěshì)我(wǒ)闻了(wénle)两个(liǎnggè)小时(xiǎoshí)，已经(yǐjīng)饿(è)了(le)。

    But I have smelled it for two hours and I am hungry.

  6. Dengdeng

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)先(xiān)喝(hē)一碗(yīwǎn)，再(zài)炖(dùn)一个(yīgè)小时(xiǎoshí)。

    Then let us drink a bowl first and keep stewing for another hour.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

妈(mā)妈(ma)在(zài)厨(chú)房(fáng)里(lǐ)炖(dùn)了(le)一(yì)锅(guō)鸡(jī)汤(tāng)。

Mom stewed a pot of chicken soup in the kitchen.

02

这(zhè)道(dào)菜(cài)需(xū)要(yào)炖(dùn)两(liǎng)个(gè)小(xiǎo)时(shí)。

This dish needs to be stewed for two hours.

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