| 烹 | [ pēng ] cooking method, to boil sb alive (capital punishment in imperial China) |
| 烹煮 | [ pēng zhǔ ] to cook, to boil |
| 烹茶 | [ pēng chá ] to brew tea |
| 烹製 | [ pēng zhì ] to cook, to prepare (food) |
| 烹調 | [ pēng ] to cook, cooking |
| 烹調術 | [ pēng shù ] cookery |
| 烹飪 | [ pēng rèn ] cooking, culinary arts |
| 烹飪法 | [ pēng rèn fǎ ] cuisine, culinary art, cookery, recipe |
| ⇒ 兔死狗烹 | [ tù sǐ goǔ pēng ] lit. to boil the hound once it caught the rabbit (idiom), fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose |
| ⇒ 治大國若烹小鮮 | [ zhì dà guó ruò pēng xiān ] ruling a large nation is like cooking a small delicacy (idiom), effective government requires minimal intervention |
| ⇒ 狡兔死走狗烹 | [ tù sǐ zoǔ goǔ pēng ] see 兔死狗烹[tu4 si3 gou3 peng1] |