炒

Translingual

Han character

炒 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 火火竹 (FFH), four-corner 9982₀, composition ⿰火少)

Derived characters

• 𫷴

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 667, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18915
• Dae Jaweon: page 1076, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2191, character 15
• Unihan data for U+7092

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰroːʔ) : semantic 火 + phonetic 少 (OC *hmjewʔ, *hmjews).

Pronunciation

Definitions

炒

1. to stir fry; to sauté

   炒飯、炒麵／炒饭、炒面 [Cantonese]  ―  caau² faan⁶, caau² min⁶   ―  fried rice; chow mein

   炒黃豆／炒黄豆 [Shanghainese]  ―  ⁵tshau ⁶waon-deu [Wugniu]  ―  "Frying soybeans" (a nursery rhyme)

2. (slang) to sack; to fire (short for 炒魷魚／炒鱿鱼 (chǎo yóuyú))

   即炒 [Cantonese]  ―  zik¹ caau²   ―  to dismiss someone immediately

   因為金融風暴，公司炒咗一百個員工。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   因为金融风暴，公司炒咗一百个员工。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   jan¹ wai⁶ gam¹ jung⁴ fung¹ bou⁶, gung¹ si¹ caau² zo² jat¹ baak³ go³ jyun⁴ gung¹.

   Due to the financial crisis, the company fired 100 employees.

3. (originally Cantonese) to speculate in

   炒股票 [Cantonese]  ―  caau² gu² piu³   ―  to speculate in stocks

   炒樓／炒楼 [Cantonese]  ―  caau² lau^4-2   ―  to speculate in property

4. (Hong Kong Cantonese, of machines) to crash

   炒車／炒车 [Cantonese]  ―  caau² ce¹   ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   炒電梯／炒电梯 [Cantonese]  ―  caau² din⁶ tai¹   ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

5. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to perform badly (in a test or exam)

   我炒咗琴日份數學考試。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我炒咗琴日份数学考试。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ caau² zo² kam⁴ jat⁶ fan⁶ sou³ hok⁶ haau² si⁵.

   I screwed up my maths exam yesterday.

6. (Hong Kong Cantonese, transitive, in matches or competitions) to win (someone)

Synonyms

• (to sack):

• (to speculate): 炒作 (chǎozuò)

See also

• 煸 (biān)
• 煎 (jiān)
• 炸 (zhá)

Compounds

Descendants

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kun: いる (iru, 炒る); いためる (itameru, 炒める)

Korean

Hanja

炒 • (cho) (hangeul 초, revised cho, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, Yale cho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

炒: Hán Nôm readings: sao, xào, xáo

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