Meaning of 炸
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to burst; to explode
- to blow up; to bomb
- (coll.) to fly into a rage
- (coll.) to scamper off; to scatter
- to deep fry
- (coll.) to blanch (a vegetable)
- Taiwan pr. [zha4]
How to use 炸
Read zhà, it means to explode or to bomb, as in 爆炸 (bàozhà) and 炸弹 (zhàdàn). Read zhá, it means to deep fry, which is very common in food words. Example: 我喜欢吃炸鸡。(Wǒ xǐhuan chī zhájī.) I like eating fried chicken.
炸 combines 火 (fire) on the left with 乍 (zhà) on the right, which gives the sound. Picture fire that suddenly bursts out, and you get both meanings: things exploding and food sizzling in hot oil.
Common mistake: Learners often say zhà for fried food. Fried chicken is 炸鸡 (zhájī) with a second tone in mainland Mandarin. Also do not confuse 炸 with 作 (zuò), which shares the 乍 part but has the person radical 亻 instead of fire 火.
炸 in example sentences
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炸 zhà · to burst · 9 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 炸.
| 爆炸 | bàozhà | explosion; to explode |
| 炸弹 | zhàdàn | bomb |
| 炸药 | zhàyào | explosive; blasting agent; dynamite |
| 轰炸 | hōngzhà | to bomb; to bombard |
| 炸掉 | zhàdiào | to bomb |
| 轰炸机 | hōngzhàjī | bomber (aircraft) |
| 炸毁 | zhàhuǐ | to blow up; to destroy with explosives |
| 炸死 | zhàsǐ | to kill with an explosion |
| 油炸 | yóuzhá | to deep fry |
| 炸鸡 | zhájī | fried chicken |
| 爆炸性 | bàozhàxìng | explosive; fig. shocking |
| 爆炸物 | bàozhàwù | explosive (material) |
Questions about 炸
What does 炸 mean?
炸 (zhà) means "to burst; to explode; to blow up; to bomb" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 炸?
炸 is made of 1 character: 炸 (9 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.
Is 炸 an HSK word?
Yes. 炸 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the difference between 炸 (zhá) and 炒 (chǎo)?
炸 (zhá) means to deep fry food in a lot of hot oil, like 炸薯条 (zhá shǔtiáo) french fries. 炒 (chǎo) means to stir fry quickly in a little oil, like 炒饭 (chǎofàn) fried rice.
How is 炸 used in casual speech about people?
In colloquial Chinese, 炸 (zhà) can mean to blow up in anger, as in 他一听就炸了 (tā yì tīng jiù zhà le), he exploded as soon as he heard it. It can also describe a crowd scattering in panic.