🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

水煮火鸡

Native Script:中文汉字

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shuǐ zhǔ huǒ jī

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Boiled turkey/bɔɪld ˈtɜːr.ki/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"比起烤火鸡,水煮火鸡的味道相对清淡许多。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A whole or cut-up turkey that has been cooked by boiling or simmering in water or broth until tender.

    "The traditional holiday recipe called for a boiled turkey served with rich herb gravy."
  2. 2

    A metaphor often used in culinary contexts or idioms to describe food that is bland, uninspired, or overly soggy.

    "Without proper seasoning and roasting, the meat turned out like a tasteless boiled turkey."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines the verb 'boil', derived from Old French 'boillir' and ultimately Latin 'bullire' meaning to bubble or seethe, with 'turkey', referring to the North American bird named via confusion with the guinea fowl imported through Turkish lands. As a culinary preparation, it dates back to early modern English domestic cookbooks where simmering large poultry was a common method before roasting became universally preferred.

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🇫🇷French → English

dinde bouillie

Transliteration: dind bʊ.ji

"La dinde bouillie est rarement servie lors des fêtes de fin d'année."

🇩🇪German → English

gekochter Truthahn

Transliteration: ɡəˈkɔxtɐ ˈtruːt.hahn

"Gekochter Truthahn ist eine ungewöhnliche Zubereitungsart für dieses Festtagsessen."

🇮🇹Italian → English

tacchino bollito

Transliteration: takˈkiː.no bolˈliː.to

"Il tacchino bollito richiede una salsa saporita per essere gustoso."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

pavo hervido

Transliteration: ˈpa.βo erˈβi.ðo

"Prefiero el pavo asado antes que el pavo hervido."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

peru cozido

Transliteration: peˈɾu kuˈzi.du

"O peru cozido ficou macio após horas no caldo."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

उबला हुआ टर्की

Transliteration: ubla hua ṭarkī

Script: हिंदी देवनागरी

"पारंपरिक रात्रिभोज में उबला हुआ टर्की कम ही पसंद किया जाता है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

水煮火鸡

Transliteration: shuǐ zhǔ huǒ jī

Script: 中文汉字

"比起烤火鸡,水煮火鸡的味道相对清淡许多。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

삶은 칠면조

Transliteration: salmeun chilmyeonjo

Script: 한국어 한글

"삶은 칠면조는 육즙이 빠져나가기 쉽습니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

茹でた七面鳥

Transliteration: yudeta shichimentou

Script: 日本語

"茹でた七面鳥はソースと一緒に食べると美味しいです。"

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