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炒

chǎo

HSK 5

Meaning

  • to sauté; to stir-fry
  • to speculate (in real estate etc); to scalp
  • to hype up
  • to sack; to fire (sb)

Definition

一种烹饪方法，将食物放在热油中快速翻动，通常使用炒锅。也指炒作、投机等引申义。

A cooking method where food is quickly stirred in hot oil, usually using a wok. Also refers to speculation or hype.

Usage

常用于描述烹饪过程，也可用于比喻迅速处理或炒作行为。

Commonly used to describe cooking, also metaphorically for quick handling or hype.

Examples

  • 1 我妈正在炒菜。 (My mom is stir-frying vegetables.)
  • 2 他炒了一盘蛋炒饭。 (He fried a plate of egg fried rice.)
  • 3 最近很多人炒股票。 (Recently many people are speculating in stocks.)
  • 4 这部电影被炒得很火。 (This movie is being hyped a lot.)
  • 5 要小心火候，别把菜炒焦了。 (Be careful with the heat, don't burn the vegetables.)

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