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Meaning of 炒

Pinyin chǎo

Radical

火

Strokes

Definition

saute / pan-fry / to fry / fried

Usage

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炒 [chǎo] 动 (verb) 【本义】: 煎炒，火干 (Original meaning: Fry and heat) 【造字法】: 形声。从火，少声。 (Structure: Phono-semantic compound, with "fire" as the semantic component and "少" as the phonetic component.) 【释义】: 1. 一种烹调方法。把食物或其他东西放在锅里加热翻动使熟或使干，一般先要放少量的食油。 (A cooking method that involves putting food or other items in a pan, heating, and stirring to cook or dry them, usually starting with a small amount of cooking oil.) 例: 炒肉丝; 炒花生 (Example: Stir-fried shredded pork; stir-fried peanuts) 2. 中药炮制法之一。将药材放在锅内加热、翻动至一定要求。炒时不加辅料叫清炒; 加辅料同炒的有: 麸炒、土炒、米炒、酒炒、醋炒等。 (One of the methods for processing traditional Chinese medicine. Heating and stirring medicinal materials in a pan until specific requirements are met. Cooking without additional ingredients is called "qing chao" (清炒); with additional ingredients it includes: "fu chao" (麸炒), "tu chao" (土炒), "mi chao" (米炒), "jiu chao" (酒炒), "cu chao" (醋炒), etc.) 3. 吵闹。通“吵”。 (To make noise; a synonym for “to argue or quarrel.”) 例: 炒炒(吵吵，许多人乱说话); 炒刺(吵闹) (Example: "chao chao" (making noise, many people speaking at once); "chao ci" (making noise)) 【其他】: 2. 倒买倒卖;例如: 炒黄鱼(指倒买倒卖黄金); 炒地皮; 炒买卖(指对股票外汇的买卖)。 (Also means: To buy and sell for profit; for example: "chao huangyu" (buying and selling gold); "chao dipi" (buying and selling land); "chao maimai" (buying and selling stocks and foreign currencies).)

炒菜 chǎo cài

to stir-fry / to do the cooking / stir-fried dish

炒米 chǎo mǐ

fried rice / millet stir-fried in butter

炒面 chǎo miàn

stir-fried noodles / "chow mein"

炒作 chǎo zuò

to hype / to promote (in the media)

炒制 chǎo zhì

stir-frying

炒锅 chǎo guō

wok / frying pan

炒股 chǎo gǔ

(coll.) to speculate in stocks

爆炒 bào chǎo

to stir-fry rapidly using a high flame / to conduct a media blitz / to manipulate a stock market through large-scale buying and selling

炒鸡蛋 chǎo jī dàn

scrambled eggs

炒家 chǎo jiā

speculator

炒鱿鱼 chǎo yóu yú

(coll.) to fire sb / to sack sb

翻炒 fān chǎo

to stir-fry

炒卖 chǎo mài

Speculation

小炒 xiǎo chǎo

stir-fry dish cooked in a small wok, meaning the food is prepared with special care

炒饭 chǎo fàn

fried rice / (slang) (Tw) to have sex

热炒 rè chǎo

stir-fried dish (Tw)

炒钢 chǎo gāng

wronght steel

炒汇 chǎo huì

to speculate in foreign currency

清炒 qīng chǎo

to stir-fry / to saute