nấu

Thân thiện

Mẹ nấu một nồi canh rau củ trong bếp.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To cook: The primary meaning of "nấu" is to prepare food by applying heat, typically in water or another liquid, until it is ready to eat. This is a general term for cooking.
   • To boil: Specifically, "nấu" means to heat a liquid until it reaches its boiling point, or to cook something in boiling water.
   • To launder (by boiling): In a specific, traditional context, "nấu" refers to washing clothes or fabric by boiling them in water with soap or chemicals to clean or whiten them.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Mẹ tôi nấu cơm rất ngon. (My mother cooks rice very well.)
  • Bạn có thể nấu nước cho trà không? (Can you boil water for the tea?)
  • Ngày xưa, người ta thường nấu quần áo để giặt. (In the past, people often boiled clothes to wash them.)

Advanced Usage

• "nấu sử sôi kinh" (archaic): To study diligently and grind at the classics. This is a fixed, literary phrase.
  • Các sĩ tử ngày xưa nấu sử sôi kinh để đi thi. (Scholars of the past studied the classics diligently to take exams.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nấu nướng (v): To cook (general activity of preparing food).

  • Cô ấy rất thích nấu nướng. (She really likes to cook.)

• Nấu ăn (v): To cook (specifically to prepare a meal).

  • Tôi đang học nấu ăn. (I am learning to cook.)

Synonyms

• Cook: To prepare food with heat.
• Boil: To heat a liquid until it bubbles, or to cook in boiling water.
• Simmer: To cook in liquid just below boiling point (a related, more specific technique).

Related Idioms

• Nấu sử sôi kinh: As mentioned above, this idiom means to devote oneself to intense study, especially of classical texts. It is now considered archaic.

Học thuật

1. Cook, boil
   • Ngày nấu cơm hai bữa
     To cook rice twice a day
   • Nấu quần áo
     To boil one's laundry
   • Nấu sử xôi king (từ cũ)
     To grind at the classics and read up history