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焙

bèi

Character

What 焙 means

1. to dry over a fire
2. to bake

Words starting with 焙

• 焙干bèi gānto dry over a fire; to roast
• 焙火bèi huǒto roast (in tea leaf processing)
• 焙烤bèi kǎoto bake; to roast; to kiln
• 焙煎bèi jiānto dry and roast over a low fire (tea, chestnuts, seaweed etc); to torrefy
• 焙烧bèi shāoto roast; to bake (e.g. mineral ore)
• 焙粉bèi fěnbaking powder
• 焙果bèi guǒvariant of 贝果

Words containing 焙

• 中焙zhōng bèimedium roast (coffee); Taiwan pr. zhōng pèi
• 深焙shēn bèidark roast (coffee); Taiwan pr. shēn pèi
• 浅焙qiǎn bèilight roast (coffee); Taiwan pr. qiǎn pèi
• 炭焙tàn bèicharcoal-roasted
• 烘焙hōng bèito cure by drying over a fire (tea, meat etc); to bake
• 烘焙师hōng bèi shībaker
• 烘焙店hōng bèi diànbakery
• 烘焙鸡hōng bèi jīhomepage (loanword) (humorous)

Characters built on 咅

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

• 培péito bank up with earth; to cultivate (lit. or fig.); to train (people)
• 赔péito compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss
• 倍bèi(two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier); double
• 陪péito accompany; to keep sb company; to assist
• 碚bèi(used in place names)
• 醅pēiunstrained spirits
• 锫péiberkelium (chemistry)

Characters that look like 焙

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

• 据jùaccording to; to act in accordance with; to depend on
• 赔péito compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss
• 婚hūn(bound form) marriage; wedding; (bound form) to marry
• 摇yáoto shake; to rock; to row
• 矮ǎi(of a person) short; (of a wall etc) low; (of rank) inferior (to); lower (than)
• 塘tángdyke; embankment; pool or pond

Sounds the same

Read bèi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 被quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
• 备(bound form) to prepare; to equip; (literary) fully; completely
• 背the back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from
• 倍(two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier); double
• 贝cowrie; shellfish; currency (archaic)
• 辈lifetime; generation; group of people
• 惫exhausted
• 狈a legendary wolf; distressed; wretched
• 蓓used in 蓓蕾
• 悖to go against; to be contrary to; perverse
• 钡barium (chemistry)
• 孛comet