Definitions

1. Verb:
   • To cook, to prepare food by applying heat: The action of making food ready to eat by using methods like boiling, simmering, frying, or stewing. It involves the process of heating ingredients.
   • To do the cooking: The general activity of preparing meals.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cô ấy đang đun nấu bữa tối trong bếp. (She is cooking dinner in the kitchen.)
  • Công việc đun nấu chiếm nhiều thời gian của tôi. (The task of cooking takes up a lot of my time.)
  • Anh ấy thích đun nấu các món ăn truyền thống. (He likes to cook traditional dishes.)

Advanced Usage

• "đun nấu suốt ngày": To cook/do the cooking all day long.
  • Dịp Tết, các bà các mẹ thường phải đun nấu suốt ngày. (During Tet holiday, women often have to do the cooking all day.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nấu (nướng) (v): To cook (to roast/bake). A more general or specific synonym.
  • Nấu cơm (to cook rice)
• Nấu nướng (v): To cook. A compound word with a very similar meaning, often used interchangeably in casual speech.
• Đun (v): To boil, to heat (a liquid). A component of the target word.
  • Đun nước (to boil water)
• Nấu ăn (v): To cook food, to do cooking. Another common compound phrase.

Synonyms

• Làm bếp: To do kitchen work, to cook.
• Chế biến thức ăn: To process/prepare food.

Related Phrases (if applicable)

• Bận rộn với việc đun nấu: To be busy with cooking.
  • Cô ấy luôn bận rộn với việc đun nấu cho gia đình. (She is always busy with cooking for her family.)

Related Idioms (if applicable)

• "Đầu tắt mặt tối với chuyện bếp núc": (Idiom) To be extremely busy and overwhelmed with kitchen chores. This idiom conveys a stronger sense of burden than just "đun nấu".
  • Người phụ nữ ấy đầu tắt mặt tối với chuyện bếp núc cả đời. (That woman has been slaving away in the kitchen her whole life.)

1. Do the cooking
   • Đun nấu suốt ngày
     To do cooking all day