"炒" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰau⁵³/ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰaːu̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰau̯³¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /t͡sʰa⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /t͡sʰau⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /t͡sʰa⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /t͡sʰa⁵³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /t͡sʰau⁵³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /t͡sʰa⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /t͡sʰau⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /t͡sʰa⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /t͡sʰau⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /t͡sʰa⁵²/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴/, /t͡sʰau⁵³/, /t͡sʰaːu̯³⁵/, /t͡sʰau̯³¹/, /t͡sʰa⁵³/, /t͡sʰau⁵³/, /t͡sʰa⁵⁵⁴/, /t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/, /t͡sʰa⁵³/, /t͡sʰau⁵³/, /t͡sʰa⁵³/, /t͡sʰau⁵³/, /t͡sʰa⁴¹/, /t͡sʰau⁴¹/, /t͡sʰa⁵²/, /t͡sʰɔ³⁴/ Chinese transliterations: chǎo [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], chao³ [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], ㄔㄠˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], cao³ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Pinyin, Sichuanese], caau² [Cantonese, Jyutping], chháu [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], chhá [Hokkien, POJ], chháu [Hokkien, POJ], ca² [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁵tshau, chǎo [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄔㄠˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], chǎo [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], chʻao³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], chǎu [Mandarin, Yale], chao [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], чао [Mandarin, Palladius], čao [Mandarin, Palladius], cao [Chengdu, Latinxua-Sin-Wenz, Mandarin], cháau [Cantonese, Yale], tsaau² [Cantonese, Pinyin], cao² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], chháu [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], cau` [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], cau³ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], tshá [Hokkien, Tai-lo], tsháu [Hokkien, Tai-lo], zhar [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], zhao [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], tshá [POJ, Teochew], ⁵tshau [Wu], tshau^去 [Wu], ²tshau [Wu], /t͡sʰɔ³⁴/ [Wu], tsrhaewX [Middle-Chinese], /*[tsʰ](ˤ)r[e]wʔ/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*sʰroːʔ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sʰroːʔ) : semantic 火 + phonetic 少 (OC *hmjewʔ, *hmjews). Etymology templates: {{m|zh|形聲|tr=-}} 形聲/形声, {{categorize|zh|Han phono-semantic compounds}}, {{liushu|psc|adj=|nocap=|pron=OC *sʰroːʔ}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sʰroːʔ), {{m|zh|火//|||tr=-}} 火, {{m|zh|少//|||tr=<span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #000; cursor:help" title="Old Chinese">OC *hmjewʔ, *hmjews</span>}} 少 (OC *hmjewʔ, *hmjews), {{Han compound|火|少|c1=s|c2=p|ls=psc}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sʰroːʔ) : semantic 火 + phonetic 少 (OC *hmjewʔ, *hmjews) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 炒
  1. to stir fry; to sauté
    Sense id: en-炒-zh-character-35MISS-j Categories (other): Intermediate Mandarin Disambiguation of Intermediate Mandarin: 30 19 25 0 14 12
  2. (slang) to sack; to fire (short for 炒魷魚/炒鱿鱼 (chǎo yóuyú)) Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-炒-zh-character-B5TQbRL5 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Intermediate Mandarin Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 24 44 8 16 3 4 Disambiguation of Intermediate Mandarin: 30 19 25 0 14 12
  3. (originally Cantonese) to speculate in Synonyms (to speculate): 炒作 (chǎozuò)
    Sense id: en-炒-zh-character-p32RQR5r Categories (other): Cantonese Chinese, Intermediate Mandarin Disambiguation of Intermediate Mandarin: 30 19 25 0 14 12 Disambiguation of 'to speculate': 9 2 83 0 3 4
  4. (Hong Kong Cantonese, of machines) to crash Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-炒-zh-character-bRkxe1Uh Categories (other): Cantonese terms with collocations, Hong Kong Cantonese
  5. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to perform badly (in a test or exam) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-炒-zh-character-R1umDzrM Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese, Intermediate Mandarin Disambiguation of Intermediate Mandarin: 30 19 25 0 14 12
  6. (Hong Kong Cantonese, transitive, in matches or competitions) to win (someone) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, transitive
    Sense id: en-炒-zh-character-qvfezljU Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese, Intermediate Mandarin Disambiguation of Intermediate Mandarin: 30 19 25 0 14 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: (biān), (jiān), (zhá)
Synonyms: 停生意 (3din-san-i) (Shanghainese) [dated], 執包袱 (zap1 baau1 fuk6) [Cantonese], 执包袱 (zap1 baau1 fuk6) [Cantonese], 捲鋪蓋 (english: to be fired) [figuratively], 卷铺盖 (english: to be fired) [figuratively], 炒魷魚 (chǎo yóuyú) [slang], 炒鱿鱼 (chǎo yóuyú) [slang], 解僱 (jiěgù), 解雇 (jiěgù), 解聘 (jiěpìn), 解職 (jiězhí), 解职 (jiězhí), 走路 (zǒulù) (english: to be fired) [figuratively], 辭退 (cítuì), 辞退 (cítuì), 遣散, 開除 (kāichú), 开除 (kāichú), 革除 (géchú), 食無情雞 (sik6 mou4 cing4 gai1) [Cantonese], 食无情鸡 (sik6 mou4 cing4 gai1) [Cantonese] Derived forms: 拗彆攪炒, 拗别搅炒, 攬炒 (lǎnchǎo), 揽炒 (lǎnchǎo), 炒作 (chǎozuò), 炒冰, 炒冷飯 (chǎo lěngfàn), 炒冷饭 (chǎo lěngfàn), 炒刺, 炒勺 (chǎosháo), 炒匯 (chǎohuì), 炒汇 (chǎohuì), 炒咬, 炒地皮, 炒家 (chǎojiā), 炒栗子, 炒米 (chǎomǐ), 炒米粉, 炒肝 (chǎogān), 炒肝兒 (chǎogānr), 炒肝儿 (chǎogānr), 炒股票, 炒菜 (chǎocài), 炒蛋 (chǎodàn), 炒蝦拆蟹, 炒虾拆蟹, 炒豆兒, 炒豆儿, 炒貨 (chǎohuò), 炒货 (chǎohuò), 炒買, 炒买, 炒買炒賣 (chǎomǎichǎomài), 炒买炒卖 (chǎomǎichǎomài), 炒賣, 炒卖, 炒車, 炒车, 炒鍋 (chǎoguō), 炒锅 (chǎoguō), 炒鐵, 炒铁, 炒飯 (chǎofàn), 炒饭 (chǎofàn), 炒餸, 炒𩠌, 炒魷, 炒鱿, 炒麵 (chǎomiàn), 炒面 (chǎomiàn), 烘炒, 煎炒 (jiānchǎo), 番茄炒蛋 (fānqié chǎodàn), 瞎炒蛋, 糖炒栗子, 翻炒 (fānchǎo), 鬧炒, 闹炒

Alternative forms

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      "word": "拗彆攪炒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "拗别搅炒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lǎnchǎo",
      "word": "攬炒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lǎnchǎo",
      "word": "揽炒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chǎozuò",
      "word": "炒作"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "炒冰"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chǎo lěngfàn",
      "word": "炒冷飯"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chǎo lěngfàn",
      "word": "炒冷饭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "炒刺"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chǎosháo",
      "word": "炒勺"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chǎohuì",
      "word": "炒匯"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chǎohuì",
      "word": "炒汇"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "炒咬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "炒地皮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chǎojiā",
      "word": "炒家"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "炒栗子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chǎomǐ",
      "word": "炒米"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "炒米粉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chǎogān",
      "word": "炒肝"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chǎogānr",
      "word": "炒肝兒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chǎogānr",
      "word": "炒肝儿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "炒股票"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chǎocài",
      "word": "炒菜"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chǎodàn",
      "word": "炒蛋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "炒蝦拆蟹"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "炒虾拆蟹"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "炒豆兒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "炒豆儿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chǎohuò",
      "word": "炒貨"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chǎohuò",
      "word": "炒货"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "炒買"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "炒买"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chǎomǎichǎomài",
      "word": "炒買炒賣"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chǎomǎichǎomài",
      "word": "炒买炒卖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "炒賣"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "炒卖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "炒車"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "炒车"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chǎoguō",
      "word": "炒鍋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chǎoguō",
      "word": "炒锅"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "炒鐵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "炒铁"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chǎofàn",
      "word": "炒飯"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chǎofàn",
      "word": "炒饭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "炒餸"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "炒𩠌"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "炒魷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "炒鱿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chǎomiàn",
      "word": "炒麵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chǎomiàn",
      "word": "炒面"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "烘炒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiānchǎo",
      "word": "煎炒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "fānqié chǎodàn",
      "word": "番茄炒蛋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "瞎炒蛋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "糖炒栗子"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "fānchǎo",
      "word": "翻炒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "鬧炒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "闹炒"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "炒"
          },
          "expansion": "炒",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "炒",
            "2": "しょう",
            "gloss": ""
          },
          "expansion": "炒(しょう) (shō)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "炒",
            "2": "そう",
            "gloss": ""
          },
          "expansion": "炒(そう) (sō)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "초(炒)",
            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 초(炒) (cho)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "炒",
            "sc": "Hani"
          },
          "expansion": "炒",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "xào",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
            "tr": "炒"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: xào (炒)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "炒",
            "2": "しょう",
            "3": "초",
            "4": "xào",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "炒",
            "j2": "そう",
            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "炒",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "炒",
            "v": "炒",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (炒):\n* → Japanese: 炒(しょう) (shō); 炒(そう) (sō)\n* → Korean: 초(炒) (cho)\n* → Vietnamese: xào (炒)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "しょう",
            "3": "초",
            "4": "xào",
            "j2": "そう"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (炒):\n* → Japanese: 炒(しょう) (shō); 炒(そう) (sō)\n* → Korean: 초(炒) (cho)\n* → Vietnamese: xào (炒)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (炒):\n* → Japanese: 炒(しょう) (shō); 炒(そう) (sō)\n* → Korean: 초(炒) (cho)\n* → Vietnamese: xào (炒)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "形聲",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "形聲/形声",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han phono-semantic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "psc",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": "OC *sʰroːʔ"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sʰroːʔ)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "火//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "火",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "少//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "tr": "<span style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted #000; cursor:help\" title=\"Old Chinese\">OC *hmjewʔ, *hmjews</span>"
      },
      "expansion": "少 (OC *hmjewʔ, *hmjews)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "火",
        "2": "少",
        "c1": "s",
        "c2": "p",
        "ls": "psc"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sʰroːʔ) : semantic 火 + phonetic 少 (OC *hmjewʔ, *hmjews)",
      "name": "Han compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sʰroːʔ) : semantic 火 + phonetic 少 (OC *hmjewʔ, *hmjews).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "炒",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "biān",
      "word": "煸"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiān",
      "word": "煎"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhá",
      "word": "炸"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 19 25 0 14 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Intermediate Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "炒飯、炒麵/炒饭、炒面 [Cantonese] ― caau² faan⁶, caau² min⁶ [Jyutping] ― fried rice; chow mein",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "炒黃豆/炒黄豆 [Shanghainese] ― ⁵tshau ⁶waon-deu [Wugniu] ― \"Frying soybeans\" (a nursery rhyme)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to stir fry; to sauté"
      ],
      "id": "en-炒-zh-character-35MISS-j",
      "links": [
        [
          "stir fry",
          "stir fry"
        ],
        [
          "sauté",
          "sauté"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 44 8 16 3 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 19 25 0 14 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Intermediate Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "即炒 [Cantonese] ― zik¹ caau² [Jyutping] ― to dismiss someone immediately",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Due to the financial crisis, the company fired 100 employees.",
          "ref": "因為金融風暴,公司炒咗一百個員工。 [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "因为金融风暴,公司炒咗一百个员工。 [Cantonese, simp.]\njan¹ wai⁶ gam¹ jung⁴ fung¹ bou⁶, gung¹ si¹ caau² zo² jat¹ baak³ go³ jyun⁴ gung¹. [Jyutping]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to sack; to fire (short for 炒魷魚/炒鱿鱼 (chǎo yóuyú))"
      ],
      "id": "en-炒-zh-character-B5TQbRL5",
      "links": [
        [
          "sack",
          "sack"
        ],
        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ],
        [
          "炒魷魚",
          "炒魷魚#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "炒鱿鱼",
          "炒鱿鱼#Chinese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) to sack; to fire (short for 炒魷魚/炒鱿鱼 (chǎo yóuyú))"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 19 25 0 14 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Intermediate Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "炒股票 [Cantonese] ― caau² gu² piu³ [Jyutping] ― to speculate in stocks",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "炒樓/炒楼 [Cantonese] ― caau² lau⁴⁻² [Jyutping] ― to speculate in property",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to speculate in"
      ],
      "id": "en-炒-zh-character-p32RQR5r",
      "links": [
        [
          "speculate",
          "speculate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(originally Cantonese) to speculate in"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "9 2 83 0 3 4",
          "roman": "chǎozuò",
          "sense": "to speculate",
          "word": "炒作"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese terms with collocations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with collocations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hong Kong Cantonese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "炒車/炒车 [Cantonese] ― caau² ce¹ [Jyutping]"
        },
        {
          "text": "炒電梯/炒电梯 [Cantonese] ― caau² din⁶ tai¹ [Jyutping]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to crash"
      ],
      "id": "en-炒-zh-character-bRkxe1Uh",
      "links": [
        [
          "crash",
          "crash"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hong Kong Cantonese, of machines) to crash"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of machines"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hong Kong Cantonese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 19 25 0 14 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Intermediate Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I screwed up my maths exam yesterday.",
          "ref": "我炒咗琴日份數學考試。 [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "我炒咗琴日份数学考试。 [Cantonese, simp.]\nngo⁵ caau² zo² kam⁴ jat⁶ fan⁶ sou³ hok⁶ haau² si⁵. [Jyutping]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to perform badly (in a test or exam)"
      ],
      "id": "en-炒-zh-character-R1umDzrM",
      "links": [
        [
          "perform",
          "perform"
        ],
        [
          "badly",
          "badly"
        ],
        [
          "test",
          "test"
        ],
        [
          "exam",
          "exam"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hong Kong Cantonese) to perform badly (in a test or exam)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hong Kong Cantonese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 19 25 0 14 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Intermediate Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to win (someone)"
      ],
      "id": "en-炒-zh-character-qvfezljU",
      "links": [
        [
          "win",
          "win"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hong Kong Cantonese, transitive, in matches or competitions) to win (someone)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in matches or competitions"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄔㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "caau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chháu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chháu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ca²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵tshau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄔㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chʻao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chao"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰau⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cháau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsaau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cao²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰaːu̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chháu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cau`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cau³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰau̯³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsháu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhar"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰa⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰau⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰa⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰa⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰau⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰa⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰau⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰa⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰau⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshá"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰa⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵tshau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshau^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²tshau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/t͡sʰɔ³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsrhaewX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[tsʰ](ˤ)r[e]wʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*sʰroːʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰau⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰaːu̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰau̯³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰa⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰau⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰa⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰa⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰau⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰa⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰau⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰa⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰau⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰa⁵²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɔ³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[tsʰ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "[e]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*sʰroːʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Shanghainese",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "停生意 (3din-san-i)"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "zap1 baau1 fuk6",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "執包袱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "zap1 baau1 fuk6",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "执包袱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to be fired",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "捲鋪蓋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to be fired",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "卷铺盖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chǎo yóuyú",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "炒魷魚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chǎo yóuyú",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "炒鱿鱼"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiěgù",
      "word": "解僱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiěgù",
      "word": "解雇"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiěpìn",
      "word": "解聘"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiězhí",
      "word": "解職"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jiězhí",
      "word": "解职"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to be fired",
      "roman": "zǒulù",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "走路"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "cítuì",
      "word": "辭退"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "cítuì",
      "word": "辞退"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "遣散"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kāichú",
      "word": "開除"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kāichú",
      "word": "开除"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "géchú",
      "word": "革除"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "sik6 mou4 cing4 gai1",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "食無情雞"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "sik6 mou4 cing4 gai1",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "食无情鸡"
    }
  ],
  "word": "炒"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese Han characters",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Intermediate Mandarin",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "拗彆攪炒"
    },
    {
      "word": "拗别搅炒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎnchǎo",
      "word": "攬炒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎnchǎo",
      "word": "揽炒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chǎozuò",
      "word": "炒作"
    },
    {
      "word": "炒冰"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chǎo lěngfàn",
      "word": "炒冷飯"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chǎo lěngfàn",
      "word": "炒冷饭"
    },
    {
      "word": "炒刺"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chǎosháo",
      "word": "炒勺"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chǎohuì",
      "word": "炒匯"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chǎohuì",
      "word": "炒汇"
    },
    {
      "word": "炒咬"
    },
    {
      "word": "炒地皮"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chǎojiā",
      "word": "炒家"
    },
    {
      "word": "炒栗子"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chǎomǐ",
      "word": "炒米"
    },
    {
      "word": "炒米粉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chǎogān",
      "word": "炒肝"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chǎogānr",
      "word": "炒肝兒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chǎogānr",
      "word": "炒肝儿"
    },
    {
      "word": "炒股票"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chǎocài",
      "word": "炒菜"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chǎodàn",
      "word": "炒蛋"
    },
    {
      "word": "炒蝦拆蟹"
    },
    {
      "word": "炒虾拆蟹"
    },
    {
      "word": "炒豆兒"
    },
    {
      "word": "炒豆儿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chǎohuò",
      "word": "炒貨"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chǎohuò",
      "word": "炒货"
    },
    {
      "word": "炒買"
    },
    {
      "word": "炒买"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chǎomǎichǎomài",
      "word": "炒買炒賣"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chǎomǎichǎomài",
      "word": "炒买炒卖"
    },
    {
      "word": "炒賣"
    },
    {
      "word": "炒卖"
    },
    {
      "word": "炒車"
    },
    {
      "word": "炒车"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chǎoguō",
      "word": "炒鍋"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chǎoguō",
      "word": "炒锅"
    },
    {
      "word": "炒鐵"
    },
    {
      "word": "炒铁"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chǎofàn",
      "word": "炒飯"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chǎofàn",
      "word": "炒饭"
    },
    {
      "word": "炒餸"
    },
    {
      "word": "炒𩠌"
    },
    {
      "word": "炒魷"
    },
    {
      "word": "炒鱿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chǎomiàn",
      "word": "炒麵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chǎomiàn",
      "word": "炒面"
    },
    {
      "word": "烘炒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiānchǎo",
      "word": "煎炒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fānqié chǎodàn",
      "word": "番茄炒蛋"
    },
    {
      "word": "瞎炒蛋"
    },
    {
      "word": "糖炒栗子"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fānchǎo",
      "word": "翻炒"
    },
    {
      "word": "鬧炒"
    },
    {
      "word": "闹炒"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "炒"
          },
          "expansion": "炒",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "炒",
            "2": "しょう",
            "gloss": ""
          },
          "expansion": "炒(しょう) (shō)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "炒",
            "2": "そう",
            "gloss": ""
          },
          "expansion": "炒(そう) (sō)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "초(炒)",
            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 초(炒) (cho)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "炒",
            "sc": "Hani"
          },
          "expansion": "炒",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "xào",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
            "tr": "炒"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: xào (炒)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "炒",
            "2": "しょう",
            "3": "초",
            "4": "xào",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "炒",
            "j2": "そう",
            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "炒",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "炒",
            "v": "炒",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (炒):\n* → Japanese: 炒(しょう) (shō); 炒(そう) (sō)\n* → Korean: 초(炒) (cho)\n* → Vietnamese: xào (炒)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "しょう",
            "3": "초",
            "4": "xào",
            "j2": "そう"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (炒):\n* → Japanese: 炒(しょう) (shō); 炒(そう) (sō)\n* → Korean: 초(炒) (cho)\n* → Vietnamese: xào (炒)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (炒):\n* → Japanese: 炒(しょう) (shō); 炒(そう) (sō)\n* → Korean: 초(炒) (cho)\n* → Vietnamese: xào (炒)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "形聲",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "形聲/形声",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han phono-semantic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "psc",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": "OC *sʰroːʔ"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sʰroːʔ)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "火//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "火",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "少//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "tr": "<span style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted #000; cursor:help\" title=\"Old Chinese\">OC *hmjewʔ, *hmjews</span>"
      },
      "expansion": "少 (OC *hmjewʔ, *hmjews)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "火",
        "2": "少",
        "c1": "s",
        "c2": "p",
        "ls": "psc"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sʰroːʔ) : semantic 火 + phonetic 少 (OC *hmjewʔ, *hmjews)",
      "name": "Han compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sʰroːʔ) : semantic 火 + phonetic 少 (OC *hmjewʔ, *hmjews).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "炒",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "biān",
      "word": "煸"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiān",
      "word": "煎"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhá",
      "word": "炸"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese terms with usage examples",
        "Wu terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "炒飯、炒麵/炒饭、炒面 [Cantonese] ― caau² faan⁶, caau² min⁶ [Jyutping] ― fried rice; chow mein",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "炒黃豆/炒黄豆 [Shanghainese] ― ⁵tshau ⁶waon-deu [Wugniu] ― \"Frying soybeans\" (a nursery rhyme)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to stir fry; to sauté"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stir fry",
          "stir fry"
        ],
        [
          "sauté",
          "sauté"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese terms with usage examples",
        "Chinese slang"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "即炒 [Cantonese] ― zik¹ caau² [Jyutping] ― to dismiss someone immediately",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Due to the financial crisis, the company fired 100 employees.",
          "ref": "因為金融風暴,公司炒咗一百個員工。 [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "因为金融风暴,公司炒咗一百个员工。 [Cantonese, simp.]\njan¹ wai⁶ gam¹ jung⁴ fung¹ bou⁶, gung¹ si¹ caau² zo² jat¹ baak³ go³ jyun⁴ gung¹. [Jyutping]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to sack; to fire (short for 炒魷魚/炒鱿鱼 (chǎo yóuyú))"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sack",
          "sack"
        ],
        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ],
        [
          "炒魷魚",
          "炒魷魚#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "炒鱿鱼",
          "炒鱿鱼#Chinese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) to sack; to fire (short for 炒魷魚/炒鱿鱼 (chǎo yóuyú))"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese Chinese",
        "Cantonese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "炒股票 [Cantonese] ― caau² gu² piu³ [Jyutping] ― to speculate in stocks",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "炒樓/炒楼 [Cantonese] ― caau² lau⁴⁻² [Jyutping] ― to speculate in property",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to speculate in"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "speculate",
          "speculate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(originally Cantonese) to speculate in"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese terms with collocations",
        "Hong Kong Cantonese",
        "Requests for translations of Cantonese usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "炒車/炒车 [Cantonese] ― caau² ce¹ [Jyutping]"
        },
        {
          "text": "炒電梯/炒电梯 [Cantonese] ― caau² din⁶ tai¹ [Jyutping]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to crash"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "crash",
          "crash"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hong Kong Cantonese, of machines) to crash"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of machines"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese terms with usage examples",
        "Hong Kong Cantonese"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I screwed up my maths exam yesterday.",
          "ref": "我炒咗琴日份數學考試。 [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "我炒咗琴日份数学考试。 [Cantonese, simp.]\nngo⁵ caau² zo² kam⁴ jat⁶ fan⁶ sou³ hok⁶ haau² si⁵. [Jyutping]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to perform badly (in a test or exam)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "perform",
          "perform"
        ],
        [
          "badly",
          "badly"
        ],
        [
          "test",
          "test"
        ],
        [
          "exam",
          "exam"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hong Kong Cantonese) to perform badly (in a test or exam)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese transitive verbs",
        "Hong Kong Cantonese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to win (someone)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "win",
          "win"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hong Kong Cantonese, transitive, in matches or competitions) to win (someone)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in matches or competitions"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄔㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "caau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chháu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chháu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ca²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵tshau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄔㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chʻao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chao"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰau⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cháau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsaau²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cao²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰaːu̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chháu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cau`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cau³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰau̯³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshá"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsháu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhar"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰa⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰau⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰa⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰa⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰau⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰa⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰau⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰa⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰau⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshá"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰa⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵tshau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshau^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²tshau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/t͡sʰɔ³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsrhaewX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*[tsʰ](ˤ)r[e]wʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*sʰroːʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰau⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰaːu̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰau̯³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰa⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰau⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰa⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰa⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰau⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰa⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰau⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰa⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰau⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰa⁵²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɔ³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[tsʰ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "[e]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*sʰroːʔ/"
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
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      "roman": "Shanghainese",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "停生意 (3din-san-i)"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zap1 baau1 fuk6",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "執包袱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zap1 baau1 fuk6",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "执包袱"
    },
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      "english": "to be fired",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "捲鋪蓋"
    },
    {
      "english": "to be fired",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "卷铺盖"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chǎo yóuyú",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "炒魷魚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chǎo yóuyú",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "炒鱿鱼"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiěgù",
      "word": "解僱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiěgù",
      "word": "解雇"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiěpìn",
      "word": "解聘"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiězhí",
      "word": "解職"
    },
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      "roman": "jiězhí",
      "word": "解职"
    },
    {
      "english": "to be fired",
      "roman": "zǒulù",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "走路"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cítuì",
      "word": "辭退"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cítuì",
      "word": "辞退"
    },
    {
      "word": "遣散"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kāichú",
      "word": "開除"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kāichú",
      "word": "开除"
    },
    {
      "roman": "géchú",
      "word": "革除"
    },
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      "roman": "sik6 mou4 cing4 gai1",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "食無情雞"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sik6 mou4 cing4 gai1",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "食无情鸡"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chǎozuò",
      "sense": "to speculate",
      "word": "炒作"
    }
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