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U+7092, 炒
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7092

[U+7091]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+7093]

Translingual

Han character

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

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

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Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation


Note:
  • chhá - vernacular;
  • chháu - literary.

  • Dialectal data
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Definitions

  1. to stir fry; to sauté
    [Cantonese]   caau2 faan6, caau2 min6 [Jyutping]   fried rice; chow mein
    黃豆黄豆 [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))
    [Cantonese]   zik1 caau2 [Jyutping]   to dismiss someone immediately
    因為金融風暴公司一百員工 [Cantonese, trad.]
    因为金融风暴公司一百员工 [Cantonese, simp.]
    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.
  3. (originally Cantonese) to speculate in
    股票 [Cantonese]   caau2 gu2 piu3 [Jyutping]   to speculate in stocks
    [Cantonese]   caau2 lau4-2 [Jyutping]   to speculate in property
  4. (Hong Kong Cantonese, of machines) to crash
    [Cantonese]   caau2 ce1 [Jyutping]   (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    電梯电梯 [Cantonese]   caau2 din6 tai1 [Jyutping]   (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  5. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to perform badly (in a test or exam)
    琴日數學考試 [Cantonese, trad.]
    琴日数学考试 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ngo5 caau2 zo2 kam4 jat6 fan6 sou3 hok6 haau2 si5. [Jyutping]
    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

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (しょう) (shō); (そう) ()
  • Korean: 초(炒) (cho)
  • Vietnamese: xào ()
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Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. fried

Readings

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

Korean

Hanja

(cho) (hangeul , revised cho, McCuneReischauer ch'o, Yale cho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: sao, xào, xáo

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