HSK 5 · Food

油炸 yóuzhá “to deep fry” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 油炸 means

  1. to deep fry

How to say 油炸

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale油yóu2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale炸zhá2nd tone, rising

油炸 in a sentence

  1. 油炸食品吃多了对身体不好。

    Yóuzhá shípǐn chī duō le duì shēntǐ bù hǎo.

    Eating too much deep-fried food is bad for you.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这道菜是油炸的，有点儿油。

    Zhè dào cài shì yóuzhá de, yǒudiǎnr yóu.

    This dish is deep-fried, so it’s a bit oily.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 油炸 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 油 (yóu) with each of its parts in a different colour
油yóuoil
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 由cause · yóuSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 由 (yóu) hints at the sound. Compare it with yóu.

The character 炸 (zhá) with each of its parts in a different colour
炸zháto deep fry
  • 火fire · huǒ
  • 乍first time · zhà

How to write 油炸

油 8 strokes · 炸 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 油炸

Words with 油

油yóu · oil加油jiāyóu · to cheer on加油站jiāyóuzhàn · petrol station酱油jiàngyóu · soy sauce汽油qìyóu · petrol油腻yóunì · greasy石油shíyóu · oil柴油cháiyóu · diesel油漆yóuqī · paint

Words with 炸

爆炸bàozhà · to explode

More words: Food & Dining

香肠xiāngcháng · sausage小麦xiǎomài · wheat宴会yànhuì · banquet营养yíngyǎng · nutrition玉米yùmǐ · corn煮zhǔ · to boil馋chán · greedy (for food)盛chéng · to fill (a bowl)

FAQs

油炸 (yóuzhá) means “to deep fry”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it yóuzhá: yóu with a 2nd tone, then zhá with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 油炸 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type youzha with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 油炸 from the suggestions. Typing youzha into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
油炸 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.