炒 meaning in English

chǎo

to sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate (in real estate etc); to scalp

HSK 6verb8 strokes

Meaning of 炒

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chǎo

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

How to use 炒

炒 is the everyday verb for stir-frying in a wok, and it also appears in slang for hyping something or speculating, as in 炒股 (chǎogǔ) and 炒作 (chǎozuò). Example: 我会做西红柿炒鸡蛋。(Wǒ huì zuò xīhóngshì chǎo jīdàn.) I can make stir-fried tomatoes and eggs.

炒 has the fire radical 火 on the left and 少 (shǎo) on the right. Picture a small amount of food tossed quickly over a hot fire, and 少 also hints at the sound chǎo.

Common mistake: Learners often confuse 炒 (chǎo) with 吵 (chǎo, noisy, to quarrel), which has the mouth radical 口 instead of fire 火. If it is about cooking or money, use 火; if it is about noise or arguing, use 口.

炒 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ知zhī道dào怎zěn么me做zuò俄é式shì炒chǎo牛niú肉ròu片piàn。

I know how to make beef stroganoff.

请qǐng告gào诉sù我wǒ为wèi什shén么me汤tāng姆mǔ被bèi炒chǎo了le。

Please tell me why Tom was fired.

我wǒ们men不bù能néng仅jǐn仅jǐn就jiù这zhè样yàng炒chǎo了le汤tāng姆mǔ

We can't just fire Tom.

你nǐ们men不bù能néng炒chǎo了le我wǒ们men。

You can't fire us.

你nǐ想xiǎng要yào来lái些xiē炒chǎo蛋dàn吗ma？

Would you like some scrambled egg?

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炒 chǎo · to sauté · 8 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 炒.

炒作	chǎozuò	to hype; to promote (in the media)
炒股	chǎogǔ	(coll.) to speculate in stocks
炒鱿鱼	chǎoyóuyú	(coll.) to fire sb; to sack sb
炒蛋	chǎodàn	scrambled eggs
炒饭	chǎofàn	fried rice; (Tw) (slang) to have sex
炒面	chǎomiàn	stir-fried noodles; "chow mein"

Questions about 炒

What does 炒 mean?

炒 (chǎo) means "to sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate (in real estate etc); to scalp" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 炒?

炒 is made of 1 character: 炒 (8 strokes). That is 8 strokes in total.

Is 炒 an HSK word?

Yes. 炒 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

Why does 炒鱿鱼 mean to fire someone?

炒鱿鱼 literally means to stir-fry squid. It is a colloquial expression for firing someone, and you can put the person in the middle: 老板炒了他的鱿鱼 (Lǎobǎn chǎo le tā de yóuyú), The boss fired him.

Is 炒饭 safe to use in Taiwan?

In ordinary contexts 炒饭 (chǎofàn) just means fried rice everywhere. The dictionary notes that in Taiwan it can also be slang for having sex, so be aware of jokes, but ordering it at a restaurant is completely normal.