Keyword
to sauté
- to boil
- to fry
- to roast
- to trade stock
- Frequency
- #2081
- Strokes
- 8
Readings
chǎo100%
Mnemonic
火 (fire) gives the meaning and 少 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
炒
to sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate (in real estate etc); to scalp; to hype up; to sack; to fire (sb)
炒作
to hype; to promote (in the media)
炒股
(coll.) to speculate in stocks
炒菜
to stir-fry; to do the cooking; stir-fried dish
炒饭
fried rice; (Tw) (slang) to have sex
炒面
stir-fried noodles; "chow mein"
炒房
to speculate in real estate
翻炒
to stir-fry
炒蛋
scrambled eggs
爆炒
to stir-fry rapidly using a high flame; to conduct a media blitz; to manipulate a stock market through large-scale buying and selling
炒家
speculator
炒鱿鱼
(coll.) to fire sb; to sack sb
炒锅
wok; frying pan
炒鸡蛋
scrambled eggs
炒热
to raise prices by speculation; to hype
蛋炒饭
egg fried rice (made by stir-frying cold cooked rice with eggs and vegetables)
炒米
fried rice; millet stir-fried in butter
热炒
stir-fried dish (Tw)
炒股票
to speculate in stocks
清炒
to stir-fry; to saute
炒地皮
to speculate in building land
炒汇
to speculate in foreign currency
炒货
roasted snacks (peanuts, chestnuts etc)
煎炒
to lightly fry