酿
niàng HSK7

brew

酿 (釀) niàng
stuff verb
a cooking method involving stuffing minced meat or other fillings into ingredients

他最拿手的菜是客家酿豆腐。

tā zuì ná​shǒu de cài shì Kè​jiā niàng dòu​fu.

His signature dish is Hakka stuffed tofu.

brew verb
to ferment, brew alcohol, or produce honey

蜜蜂正在忙着采集花粉酿蜜。

mì​fēng zhèng​zài máng zhe cǎi​jí huā​fěn niàng mì.

Bees are busy collecting pollen to make honey.

lead to verb
to cause or form gradually, often resulting in a negative outcome

若不及时纠正，恐怕会酿出大祸。

ruò bù jí​shí jiū​zhèng, kǒng​pà huì niàng chū dà​huò.

If it's not corrected in time, it might lead to a major disaster.

wine verb
wine or alcoholic beverage

这坛陈年老酒真是一口好酿。

zhè tán chén​nián lǎo​jiǔ zhēn shì yī kǒu hǎo niàng.

This jar of aged wine is a fine brew.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,764th most common 13.6 per million
Movie subtitles
2,577th most common 7.39 per million appears in 4% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
2.12 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
4.86 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Traditional
釀
Strokes
14
Unicode
U+917F

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)