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炸

zhà

HSK 5 Character

What 炸 means

1. to burst; to explode
2. to blow up; to bomb
3. colloquialto fly into a rage
4. colloquialto scamper off; to scatter

Other readings

炸 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zháto deep fry; to blanch (a vegetable); Taiwan pr. zhà

Example sentences

• 爆炸！
  Explode!
• 我吃了炸薯条。
  Wǒ chī le zháshǔtiáo.
  I ate french fries.
• 我正在吃炸鱼。
  Wǒ zhèngzài chī zháyú.
  I am eating fried fish.
• 我的头要炸了。
  My head is exploding.
• 汤姆想做炸薯条。
  Tāngmǔ xiǎng zuò zháshǔtiáo.
  Tom was making French fries.
• 那些是爆炸物吗？
  Nàxiē shì bàozhàwù ma?
  Are those explosives?

Words starting with 炸

• 炸弹zhà dànbomb
• 炸药zhà yàoexplosive; blasting agent; dynamite
• 炸毁zhà huǐto blow up; to destroy with explosives
• 炸酱面zhá jiàng miànzhajiang mian, thick wheat noodles served with ground pork simmered in salty fermented…
• 炸掉zhà diàoto bomb
• 炸两zhá liǎng(Cantonese cuisine) zhaliang, rice noodle rolls 肠粉
• 炸死zhà sǐto kill with an explosion
• 炸物zhá wù(Taiwan) deep-fried food
• 炸街zhà jiē(slang) (of a car driver) to engage in noisy, disruptive showboating
• 炸雷zhà léithunderclap
• 炸鱼zhá yúdeep-fried fish
• 炸药奖Zhà yào jiǎng(slang) Nobel Prize
• 炸弹之母zhà dàn zhī mǔMassive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB), or Mother of All Bombs, a powerful American bomb
• 炸弹之父zhà dàn zhī fùAviation Thermobaric Bomb of Increased Power (ATBIP), or Father of All Bombs, a powerful…
• 炸鸡zhá jīfried chicken
• 炸子鸡zhá zǐ jīcrispy fried chicken
• 炸碎zhà suìto destroy in an explosion; to break (by bombing)
• 炸裂zhà lièto burst; to explode; to rupture; (neologism; slang) amazing; epic; phenomenal
• 炸糕zhá gāofried glutinous rice dough cake
• 炸土豆条zhá tǔ dòu tiáofrench fries; (hot) potato chips
• 炸土豆片zhá tǔ dòu piànpotato chips; crisps; fried potato
• 炸油饼zhá yóu bǐngdeep-fried cake
• 炸锅zhà guō(of food) to burst out of the pot; (fig.) to be in an uproar
• 炸丸子zhá wán zicroquettes; deep fried food balls

Words containing 炸

• 油炸yóu zháto deep fry
• 爆炸bào zhàexplosion; to explode; to blow up
• 轰炸hōng zhàto bomb; to bombard
• 轰炸机hōng zhà jībomber (aircraft)
• 定时炸弹dìng shí zhà dàntime bomb
• 爆炸性bào zhà xìngexplosive; fig. shocking
• 气炸qì zhàto burst with rage; to blow one's top
• 王炸wáng zhàboth jokers, the unbeatable play in the card game "dou dizhu" 斗地主…
• 子母炸弹zǐ mǔ zhà dàncluster bomb
• 汽车炸弹qì chē zhà dàncar bomb
• 深水炸弹shēn shuǐ zhà dàndepth charge
• 红色炸弹hóng sè zhà dàn(jocular) wedding invitation…
• 计时炸弹jì shí zhà dàntime bomb
• 集束炸弹jí shù zhà dàncluster bomb
• 大爆炸Dà bào zhàBig Bang (cosmology)
• 核爆炸hé bào zhànuclear explosion
• 爆炸力bào zhà lìexplosive force; strength of an explosion
• 爆炸物bào zhà wùexplosive (material)
• 爆炸头bào zhà tóuafro (hairstyle)
• 自杀式炸弹zì shā shì zhà dàna suicide bomb
• 地下核爆炸dì xià hé bào zhànuclear underground burst; underground nuclear explosion
• 地面核爆炸dì miàn hé bào zhàsurface nuclear explosion
• 核爆炸装置hé bào zhà zhuāng zhìnuclear explosion device
• 水下核爆炸shuǐ xià hé bào zhànuclear underwater burst; underwater nuclear explosion

Characters built on 乍

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

• 诈zhàto cheat; to swindle; to pretend
• 咋zǎdialectal equivalent of 怎么; Taiwan pr. zé
• 蚱zhàgrasshopper
• 砟zhǎfragments
• 柞zhàused in 柞水
• 痄zhàmumps

Characters that look like 炸

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

• 终zhōngend; finish
• 挥huīto wave; to brandish; to command
• 昨zuóyesterday
• 烨yèblaze of fire; glorious
• 绔kùvariant of 裤
• 捋lǚto smooth or arrange sth using one's fingers; to stroke

Sounds the same

Read zhà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 诈to cheat; to swindle; to pretend
• 榨to press; to extract (juice); device for extracting juice, oils etc
• 乍at first; suddenly; abruptly
• 栅fence; also pr. shān
• 蚱grasshopper
• 咤used in 叱咤
• 醡press for extracting wine
• 柞used in 柞水
• 痄mumps
• 䃎(used in place names)
• 奓to open; to spread
• 溠name of a river