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烤

kǎo

HSK 4 Character

What 烤 means

1. to roast; to grill; to broil; to bake; to toast (bread)
2. to warm oneself by a fire

Example sentences

• 我烤了曲奇。
  I baked cookies.
• 此处禁止烤肉。
  Cǐchù jìnzhǐ kǎoròu.
  Barbecuing is forbidden here.
• 我烤了苹果派。
  I baked some apple pies.
• 我喜欢烧烤食物。
  Wǒ xǐhuan shāokǎo shíwù.
  I love barbecue.
• 烤箱真的关了吗？
  Kǎoxiāng zhēn de guān le ma?
  Is the oven really closed?
• 这块肉烤得不错。
  This meat is roasted well.

Words starting with 烤

• 烤鸭kǎo yāroast duck
• 烤肉kǎo ròuto barbecue meat; to roast meat; barbecued meat; roast meat
• 烤鸡kǎo jīroast chicken
• 烤箱kǎo xiāngoven
• 烤火kǎo huǒto warm oneself at a fire
• 烤房kǎo fángdrying room; oven
• 烤架kǎo jiàgrill (of a cooker etc)
• 烤烟kǎo yānflue-cured tobacco; tobacco for flue-curing
• 烤炉kǎo lúoven
• 烤盘kǎo pánbaking tray
• 烤电kǎo diàndiathermia…
• 烤面包kǎo miàn bāoto toast bread; toasted bread; toast; to bake bread
• 烤面包机kǎo miàn bāo jītoaster
• 烤焦kǎo jiāoto burn (food by overroasting etc)
• 烤饼kǎo bǐngscone
• 烤串kǎo chuàngrilled food on skewers
• 烤肠kǎo chánggrilled sausage; roasted sausage
• 烤布蕾kǎo bù lěi(loanword) crème brûlée
• 烤肉酱kǎo ròu jiàngbarbecue sauce
• 烤麸kǎo fūkao fu, a spongy wheat gluten product used in Chinese cuisine
• 烤炙kǎo zhìto scorch; (of the sun) to beat down on

Words containing 烤

• 烧烤shāo kǎobarbecue; to roast
• 烘烤hōng kǎoto roast; to bake
• 现烤xiàn kǎofreshly baked; freshly roasted
• 旋转烤肉xuán zhuǎn kǎo ròudöner kebab
• 薄烤饼bó kǎo bǐngpancake
• 奶汁烤nǎi zhī kǎogratin
• 烧烤酱shāo kǎo jiàngbarbecue sauce
• 北京烤鸭Běi jīng kǎo yāPeking Duck
• 熏烤xūn kǎoto smoke; to cure over a wood fire
• 焙烤bèi kǎoto bake; to roast; to kiln
• 焗烤jú kǎoto bake; gratin
• 土耳其旋转烤肉Tǔ ěr qí xuán zhuǎn kǎo ròuTurkish döner kebab

Characters built on 考

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

• 拷kǎoto beat; to flog; to examine under torture
• 铐kàoshackles; fetters; manacle
• 栲kǎochinquapin (Castanopsis fargesii and other spp.), genus of evergreen trees

Characters that look like 烤

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

• 绩jìto spin (hemp etc); merit; accomplishment
• 骑qíto sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses
• 拷kǎoto beat; to flog; to examine under torture
• 绵miánsilk floss; continuous; soft
• 铐kàoshackles; fetters; manacle
• 绮qǐbeautiful; open-work silk

Sounds the same

Read kǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 考to beat; to hit; variant of 考
• 拷to beat; to flog; to examine under torture
• 栲chinquapin (Castanopsis fargesii and other spp.), genus of evergreen trees
• 丂"breath" or "sigh" component in Chinese characters
• 熇dry
• 薧dried food