炒

Meaning(verb)

to sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate; to hype; to fire (sb)

Common: 炒股 (trade stocks), 炒鱿鱼 (get fired).

Examples

• 妈妈在厨房炒菜。

  mā ma zài chú fáng chǎo cài.

  Mom is stir-frying vegetables in the kitchen.

• 我要一份炒饭。

  wǒ yào yí fèn chǎo fàn.

  I'll have a plate of fried rice.

• 他被老板炒鱿鱼了。

  tā bèi lǎo bǎn chǎo yóu yú le.

  He got fired by his boss.

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