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炒 chǎo

to stir-fry

Strokes
8
Level
HSK 5
Radical
火
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 火少 ⿰火少

Memory hint: fire

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  1. 妈妈在厨房里炒菜。
    Māma zài chúfáng lǐ chǎo cài.
    Mom is stir-frying vegetables in the kitchen.
    mom at kitchen inside stir-fry dish
  2. 你会做炒饭吗？
    Nǐ huì zuò chǎofàn ma?
    Can you make fried rice?
    you can make fried-rice (question)
  3. 我们中午吃炒饭吧。
    Wǒmen zhōngwǔ chī chǎofàn ba.
    Let's have fried rice for lunch.
    we noon eat fried-rice (particle)
  4. 这个菜炒得不好吃。
    Zhège cài chǎo de bù hǎochī.
    This dish wasn't stir-fried well; it's not tasty.
    this (measure) dish stir-fry (particle) not tasty
  5. 晚饭时间，厨房里传来炒菜的香味。
    Wǎnfàn shíjiān, chúfáng lǐ chuánlái chǎo cài de xiāngwèi.
    At dinner time, the smell of stir-fried dishes came from the kitchen.
    dinner time kitchen inside transmit-come stir-fry dish (particle) fragrance

Words with 炒 (3)