炒

chǎo

fry, saute, roast, boil, cook

How to write 炒, stroke by stroke

to sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate (in real estate etc); to scalp; to hype up; to sack; to fire (sb)

Pictophonetic: semantic 火 (fire), phonetic 少

Made of 火 + 少

炒鱿鱼chǎo yóu yú(coll.) to fire sb; to sack sb
炒蛋chǎo dànscrambled eggs
炒饭chǎo fànfried rice; (Tw) (slang) to have sex
炒作chǎo zuòto hype; to promote (in the media)
炒面chǎo miànstir-fried noodles; "chow mein"
快炒店kuài chǎo diàn(Tw) low-budget eatery
清炒qīng chǎoto stir-fry; to saute
炒信chǎo xìn(of a business operator) to inflate one's reputation by dishonest means (e.g. posting fake reviews)
炒冷饭chǎo lěng fànto stir-fry leftover rice; fig. to rehash the same story; to serve up the same old product
炒汇chǎo huìto speculate in foreign currency
炒地皮chǎo dì píto speculate in building land
炒家chǎo jiāspeculator

你想要来些炒蛋吗？
nǐ xiǎng yào lái xiē chǎo dàn ma ？
Would you like some scrambled egg?
我吃了炒饭，也喝了啤酒。
wǒ chī le chǎo fàn ， yě hē le pí jiǔ 。
I ate fried rice and drank some beer.
当在餐馆里时，不能点炒鱿鱼。
dāng zài cān guǎn lǐ shí ， bù néng diǎn chǎo yóu yú 。
At the restaurant, do not order fried squid.
那些一无是处的废物被炒了。
nà xiē yì wú shì chù de fèi wù bèi chǎo le 。
Those good-for-nothing layabouts were sacked.
我知道怎么做俄式炒牛肉片。
wǒ zhī dào zěn me zuò é shì chǎo niú ròu piàn 。
I know how to make beef stroganoff.