炒
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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: 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
| trad. | 炒 | |
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| simp. # | 炒 | |
| alternative forms | 煼／𬊂 𩱦 㷅 焣 𩱈 煼／𬊂 𩱦 㷅 焣 𩱈 𢐨 𤑵 𤌽 𤌉 𤊛 㶤 𤊝 | |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (小) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
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| 觘 | *sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws |
| 抄 | *sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws |
| 鈔 | *sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws |
| 訬 | *sm̥ʰreːw, *mewʔ |
| 炒 | *sʰroːʔ |
| 吵 | *sm̥ʰreːwʔ, *mewʔ |
| 耖 | *sm̥ʰreːws |
| 仯 | *sm̥ʰreːws |
| 眇 | *mewʔ |
| 渺 | *mewʔ |
| 杪 | *mewʔ |
| 秒 | *mewʔ |
| 篎 | *mewʔ, *mews |
| 妙 | *mews |
| 玅 | *mews |
| 釥 | *sm̥ʰewʔ |
| 小 | *smewʔ |
| 少 | *hmjewʔ, *hmjews |
| 麨 | *m̥ʰjewʔ |
| 尠 | *senʔ, *smos |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰroːʔ) : semantic 火 + phonetic 少 (OC *hmjewʔ, *hmjews).
Pronunciation
Definitions
炒
- to stir fry; to sauté
- 炒飯、炒麵／炒饭、炒面 [Cantonese] ― caau2 faan6, caau2 min6 [Jyutping] ― fried rice; chow mein
- (slang) to sack; to fire
- 因為金融風暴，公司炒咗一百個員工。 [Cantonese, trad.]
- jan1 wai6 gam1 jung4 fung1 bou6, gung1 si1 caau2 zo2 jat1 baak3 go3 jyun4 gung1. [Jyutping]
- Due to the financial crisis, the company fired 100 employees.
因为金融风暴，公司炒咗一百个员工。 [Cantonese, simp.]
- (originally Cantonese) to speculate in
- 炒股票 [Cantonese] ― caau2 gu2 piu3 [Jyutping] ― to speculate in stocks
- 炒樓／炒楼 [Cantonese] ― caau2 lau4-2 [Jyutping] ― to speculate in property
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, of machines) to crash
- 炒車／炒车 [Cantonese] ― caau2 ce1 [Jyutping] ― (please add an English translation of this example)
- 炒電梯／炒电梯 [Cantonese] ― caau2 din6 tai1 [Jyutping] ― (please add an English translation of this example)
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) to perform badly (in a test or exam)
- 我炒咗琴日份數學考試。 [Cantonese, trad.]
- ngo5 caau2 zo2 kam4 jat6 fan6 sou3 hok6 haau2 si3. [Jyutping]
- I screwed up my maths exam yesterday.
我炒咗琴日份数学考试。 [Cantonese, simp.]
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, in matches or competitions) to win
Synonyms
- (to sack):
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Synonyms of 炒
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Dialectal synonyms of 解僱 (“to terminate someone's employment; to fire; to sack”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 解僱, 辭退, 解聘, 開除, 革除, 解職 | |
| Mandarin | Taiwan | 解僱, 炒魷魚 |
| Wanrong | 開銷 | |
| Chengdu | 開銷, 開除 | |
| Liuzhou | 炒魷魚 | |
| Singapore | 開除, 炒魷魚 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 炒魷魚 |
| Hong Kong | 炒魷魚, 炒魷, 炒, 開除, 辭 | |
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 除職 | |
| Macau | 炒魷魚 | |
| Guangzhou (Panyu) | 炒魷魚 | |
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 炒魷魚 | |
| Guangzhou (Conghua) | 炒魷魚 | |
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 辭退 | |
| Foshan | 炒魷魚 | |
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 炒魷魚 | |
| Foshan (Shunde) | 炒魷魚 | |
| Foshan (Sanshui) | 炒魷魚 | |
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 唔使 | |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 炒魷魚 | |
| Zhuhai (Qianshan) | 炒魷魚 | |
| Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) | 唔請 | |
| Zhuhai (Doumen) | 唔請 | |
| Jiangmen (Baisha) | 炒魷魚, 唔請 | |
| Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 唔請 | |
| Taishan | 唔請, 炒魷魚, 炒 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 唔請, 炒魷魚 | |
| Enping (Niujiang) | 唔請 | |
| Heshan (Yayao) | 辭工 | |
| Dongguan | 炒魷魚 | |
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 炒魷魚 | |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 開銷 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 辭退, 解僱, 炒魷魚 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 唔愛去做, 炒魷魚, 打豎鋪 | |
| Dongguan (Qingxi) | 炒魷魚 | |
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 炒魷魚 | |
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 炒魷魚 | |
| Conghua (Lütian) | 解僱 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 解僱 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 解僱 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 解僱 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 解僱 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 解僱 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 辭 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 辭頭路, 辭 |
| Zhao'an | 辭退 | |
| Tainan | 辭頭路 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 卜頭路 | |
| Shantou | 解僱, 炒鰇魚 | |
| Jieyang | 清, 炒鰇魚 | |
| Zhongshan Min | Shaxi (Longdu) | 除工 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 炒魷魚 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 炒魷魚 |
| Hangzhou | 回報 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 開銷 |
- (to speculate): 炒作 (chǎozuò)
See also
- 煸 (biān)
- 煎 (jiān)
- 炸 (zhá)
Compounds
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Descendants
Sino-Xenic (炒):
- → Japanese: 炒 (shō); 炒 (sō)
- → Korean: 초(炒) (cho)
- → Vietnamese: xào (炒)
Japanese
Kanji
炒
(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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