HSK 5 · Food

炒 chǎo “to sauté” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 炒 means

  1. to sauté
  2. to stir-fry
  3. to speculate (in real estate etc)
  4. to scalp
  5. to hype up
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to sack
  • to fire (sb)

How to say 炒

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale炒chǎo3rd tone, dipping

炒 in a sentence

  1. 他叫了一盘炒什锦。

    Tā jiào le yì pán chǎo shíjǐn.

    He ordered a plate of mixed stir-fry.

    Sentence #900854 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 炒蔬菜时，重要的是使用不沾锅。

    Chǎo shūcài shí, zhòngyào de shì shǐyòng bùzhānguō.

    When stir-frying vegetables, it’s important to use a non-stick pan.

    Sentence #13556465 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 炒 can also mean “to fire (someone)”, as in 炒鱿鱼

    我差点就被炒鱿鱼了。

    Wǒ chàdiǎn jiù bèi chǎo yóuyú le.

    I almost got fired.

    Sentence #13668344 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 炒 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 炒 (chǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
炒chǎoto sauté; to stir-fry
  • 火fire · huǒMeaning part
  • 少few · shǎoSound part

火 hints at the meaning (fire); 少 (shǎo) hints at the sound. Compare it with chǎo.

How to write 炒

炒 8 strokes

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炒 (chǎo) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 炒 (chǎo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 炒

More words: Food & Dining

冰激凌bīngjīlíng · ice cream叉子chāzi · fork醋cù · vinegar点心diǎnxin · light refreshments豆腐dòufu · tofu锅guō · pot粥zhōu · porridge滋味zīwèi · taste

FAQs

炒 (chǎo) means “to sauté” or “to stir-fry”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it chǎo: chǎo with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 炒 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 炒 from the suggestions. Typing chao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
炒 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.