| 熬 | [ aō ] to boil, to simmer |
| 熬 | [ aó ] to cook on a slow fire, to extract by heating, to decoct, to endure |
| 熬出頭 | [ aó chū toú ] to break clear of all the troubles and hardships, to achieve success, to make it |
| 熬夜 | [ aó yè ] to stay up late or all night |
| 熬更守夜 | [ aó gēng shoǔ yè ] to stay up through the night (idiom) |
| 熬煎 | [ aó jiān ] suffering, torture |
| 熬稃 | [ aō fū ] puffed grain, popped wheat, popcorn |
| 熬膏 | [ aó gaō ] to simmer to a paste |
| 熬藥 | [ aó yaò ] to decoct medicinal herbs |
| 熬頭兒 | [ aó tou ] (coll.) the reward of one's efforts, the light at the end of the tunnel |
| ⇒ 多年媳婦熬成婆 | [ duō nián xí fù aó chéng pó ] see 媳婦熬成婆|媳妇熬成婆[xi2 fu4 ao4 cheng2 po2] |
| ⇒ 媳婦熬成婆 | [ xí fù aó chéng pó ] lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom), fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor, what goes around comes around |
| ⇒ 煎熬 | [ jiān aó ] to suffer, to torture, to torment, ordeal, suffering, torture, torment |
| ⇒ 苦熬 | [ kǔ aó ] to endure (years of suffering) |
| ⇒ 難熬 | [ nán aó ] hard to bear, unendurable (pain, suffering) |
