Chinese word

全熟

Pronunciation

Pinyinquán shú

Meaning

  • adjectivewell-done

Example

我点了全熟的牛排。wǒ diǎn le quán shú de niú pái

I ordered a well-done steak.

Illustration for 全熟 (well-done)

More examples

我常常点全熟，因为小孩也要吃。wǒ cháng cháng diǎn quán shú yīn wèi xiǎo hái yě yào chī

I often order it well-done because my child eats it too.

Core concept

The cooking reaches every part of the food, making the center as cooked as the outside.

Common phrases

  • 全熟的鸡蛋quán shú de jī dàn

    well-done eggs

  • 点全熟diǎn quán shú

    order well-done

  • 烤得全熟kǎo de quán shú

    roast until well-done

Similar words

七分熟qī fēn shú: Mostly well cooked, with a slight pink area remaining in the center.
五分熟wǔ fēn shú: Cooked to a middle level, leaving the center pink and tender.
半熟bàn shú: Still soft inside, with the yolk or other center partly runny.
三分熟sān fēn shú: Lightly cooked, with a noticeably red center that is nearly raw.

Definition in Chinese

形容烹饪程度，表示食品整体已被充分加热，通常不留粉红色或半生中心，常作为点餐时的熟度要求。xíng róng pēng rèn chéng dù biǎo shì shí pǐn zhéng tǐ yǐ bèi chōng fèn jiā rè tōng cháng bù liú fěn hóng sè huò bàn shēng zhōng xīn cháng zuò wéi diǎn cān shí de shú dù yāo qiú

Word origin

全熟 (quánshú, "fully cooked") joins 全 (quán, "whole") and 熟 (shú, "cooked") to show that the cooking has reached the food's whole interior.

Usage tips

  • English names cooking levels by food more narrowly: a steak can be well-done, but an egg is usually hard-boiled, so the same Chinese level word does not map to one English label in every order.

Other meanings

  • hard-boiledadjective

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