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炒

chǎo

HSK 5 Character

What 炒 means

1. to sauté; to stir-fry
2. to speculate (in real estate etc); to scalp
3. to hype up
4. to sack; to fire (sb)

Example sentences

• 秘书被炒了。
  The secretary was dismissed.
• 炒锅在哪里？
  Where is the wok?
• 你不能炒了我们。
  Nǐ bù néng chǎo le wǒmen.
  You can't fire us.
• 他炒股赚很多钱。
  He's raking it in on the stock market.
• 您不能炒了我们。
  You can't fire us.
• 你害怕被炒鱿鱼吗？
  Nǐ hàipà bèi chǎo yóuyú ma?
  Are you afraid of being fired?

Words starting with 炒

• 炒作chǎo zuòto hype; to promote (in the media)
• 炒菜chǎo càito stir-fry; to do the cooking; stir-fried dish
• 炒饭chǎo fànfried rice; (Taiwan; slang) to have sex
• 炒股chǎo gǔ(colloquial) to speculate in stocks
• 炒面chǎo miànstir-fried noodles; "chow mein"
• 炒家chǎo jiāspeculator
• 炒米chǎo mǐfried rice; millet stir-fried in butter
• 炒鱿鱼chǎo yóu yú(colloquial) to fire sb; to sack sb
• 炒信chǎo xìn(of a business operator) to inflate one's reputation by dishonest means…
• 炒汇chǎo huìto speculate in foreign currency
• 炒房chǎo fángto speculate in real estate
• 炒更chǎo gēngto moonlight
• 炒热chǎo rèto raise prices by speculation; to hype
• 炒蛋chǎo dànscrambled eggs
• 炒货chǎo huòroasted snacks (peanuts, chestnuts etc)
• 炒锅chǎo guōwok; frying pan
• 炒冷饭chǎo lěng fànto stir-fry leftover rice; fig. to rehash the same story; to serve up the same old product
• 炒地皮chǎo dì píto speculate in building land
• 炒气氛chǎo qì fēnto liven up the atmosphere
• 炒股票chǎo gǔ piàoto speculate in stocks
• 炒鸡蛋chǎo jī dànscrambled eggs
• 炒热气氛chǎo rè qì fēnto liven up the atmosphere
• 炒勺chǎo sháowok with a long handle; wok spatula; ladle
• 炒粿条chǎo guǒ tiáochar kway teow (stir-fried flat rice noodles, a Southeast Asian dish)

Words containing 炒

• 蛋炒饭dàn chǎo fànegg fried rice (made by stir-frying cold cooked rice with eggs and vegetables)
• 爆炒bào chǎoto stir-fry rapidly using a high flame; to conduct a media blitz…
• 拌炒bàn chǎoto stir-fry
• 揽炒lǎn chǎo(Hong Kong) to seek mutual destruction
• 清炒qīng chǎoto stir-fry; to saute
• 熟炒shú chǎoto stir-fry ingredients that have been cooked or partially cooked
• 热炒rè chǎostir-fried dish (Tw)
• 翻炒fān chǎoto stir-fry
• 快炒店kuài chǎo diàn(Taiwan) low-budget eatery
• 丁丁炒面dīng dīng chǎo miànchopped fried noodles
• 扬州炒饭Yáng zhōu chǎo fànYangzhou fried rice, featuring scrambled egg, diced vegetables and multiple proteins –…
• 热炒热卖rè chǎo rè màilit. to sell hot food freshly cooked; fig. to teach what one has just learned…
• 现炒现卖xiàn chǎo xiàn màilit. to fry and sell on the spot; fig. (of fresh graduates) to apply the still-fresh…
• 生炒热卖shēng chǎo rè màito sell while it's still hot (idiom); fig. in a great hurry to publish or sell…
• 鸡蛋炒饭jī dàn chǎo fànegg fried rice
• 煎炒jiān chǎoto lightly fry
• 煸炒biān chǎoto stir-fry in a small quantity of oil

Characters built on 少

These share the phonetic component 少 (shǎo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 吵chǎoto quarrel; to make a noise; noisy
• 抄chāoto make a copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize
• 钞chāomoney; paper money; variant of 抄

Characters that look like 炒

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 纷fēnnumerous; confused; disorderly
• 烂lànsoft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose
• 纱shācotton yarn; muslin
• 柳liǔwillow
• 狩shòuto hunt; to go hunting (as winter sport in former times); hunting dog
• 纾shūabundant; ample; at ease

Sounds the same

Read chǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 吵to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy