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炒 U+7092, 炒
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7092
← 炑
[U+7091] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 炓 →
[U+7093]

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 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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trad. 炒
simp. # 炒
alternative forms
煼／𬊂
𩱦
㷅
焣 ancient
𩱈
煼／𬊂
𩱦
㷅
焣 ancient
𩱈
𢐨
𤑵
𤌽
𤌉
𤊛
㶤
𤊝
 
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Glyph origin

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Old Chinese
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
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Characters in the same phonetic series (小) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

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

Pronunciation

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Variety Location 炒
Mandarin Beijing /ʈ͡ʂʰɑu²¹⁴/
Harbin /ʈ͡ʂʰau²¹³/
Tianjin /t͡sʰɑu¹³/
Jinan /ʈ͡ʂʰɔ⁵⁵/
Qingdao /ʈ͡ʂʰɔ⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰau⁵³/
Xi'an /t͡sʰau⁵³/
Xining /t͡sʰɔ⁵³/
Yinchuan /ʈ͡ʂʰɔ⁵³/
Lanzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰɔ⁴⁴²/
Ürümqi /t͡sʰɔ⁵¹/
Wuhan /t͡sʰau⁴²/
Chengdu /t͡sʰau⁵³/
Guiyang /t͡sʰao⁴²/
Kunming /ʈ͡ʂʰɔ⁵³/
Nanjing /ʈ͡ʂʰɔo²¹²/
Hefei /ʈ͡ʂʰɔ²⁴/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡sʰau⁵³/
Pingyao /t͡sʰɔ⁵³/
/sɔ⁵³/ ～麵
Hohhot /t͡sʰɔ⁵³/
Wu Shanghai /t͡sʰɔ³⁵/
Suzhou /t͡sʰæ⁵¹/
Hangzhou /t͡sʰɔ⁵³/
Wenzhou /t͡sʰuɔ³⁵/
Hui Shexian /t͡sʰɔ³⁵/
Tunxi /t͡sʰo³¹/
Xiang Changsha /t͡sʰau⁴¹/
Xiangtan /t͡sʰaɯ⁴²/
Gan Nanchang /t͡sʰɑu²¹³/
Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰau³¹/
Taoyuan /t͡sʰɑu³¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sʰau³⁵/
Nanning /t͡sʰɛu³⁵/
Hong Kong /t͡sʰau³⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /t͡sʰau⁵³/
/t͡sʰa⁵³/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /t͡sʰa³²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /t͡sʰau²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /t͡sʰa⁵³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /sa²¹³/
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Rime
Character 炒
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 初 (19)
Final (韻) 肴 (90)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 初爪切
Baxter tsrhaewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡ʃʰˠauX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʈ͡ʂʰᵚauX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡ʃʰauX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʈ͡ʂʰaɨwX/
Li
Rong		 /t͡ʃʰauX/
Wang
Li		 /t͡ʃʰauX/
Bernhard
Karlgren		 /ʈ͡ʂʰauX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 chǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 caau2
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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 炒
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 chǎo
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tsrhæwX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[tsʰ](ˁ)r[e]wʔ/
English to stir-fry

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 炒
Reading # 1/1
No. 13687
Phonetic
component		 小
Rime
group		 侯
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 煼
Old
Chinese		 /*sʰroːʔ/
Notes 同煼，說文從鬲弜芻聲
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Note:
  • chhá - vernacular;
  • chháu - literary.
  • Dialectal data

Definitions

炒

  1. to stir fry; to sauté
    炒飯、炒麵／炒饭、炒面 [Cantonese]  ―  caau2 faan6, caau2 min6 [Jyutping]  ―  fried rice; chow mein
    炒黃豆／炒黄豆 [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))
    即炒 [Cantonese]  ―  zik1 caau2 [Jyutping]  ―  to dismiss someone immediately
    因為金融風暴，公司炒咗一百個員工。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    因为金融风暴，公司炒咗一百个员工。 [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
    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
  4. (Hong Kong Cantonese, of machines) to crash
    炒車／炒车 [Cantonese]  ―  caau2 ce1 [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    炒電梯／炒电梯 [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)
    我炒咗琴日份數學考試。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    我炒咗琴日份数学考试。 [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):
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Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 解僱, 辭退, 解聘, 開除, 革除, 解職
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 解僱, 炒魷魚
Singapore 開除, 炒魷魚
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 開銷
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 開銷, 開除
Liuzhou 炒魷魚
Cantonese Guangzhou 炒魷魚
Hong Kong 炒魷魚, 炒魷, 炒, 豉椒炒魷, 開除, 辭, 食無情雞, 雞
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, Xiangzhou) 炒魷魚
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; 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
Singapore (Guangfu) 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
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 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
Southern Min Xiamen 辭頭路, 辭, 齧拗, 齧捒
Zhao'an 辭退
Tainan 辭頭路
Singapore (Hokkien) 卜頭路
Manila (Hokkien) 擗捒, 刣捒
Shantou 解僱, 炒鰇魚
Jieyang 清, 炒鰇魚
Haifeng 炒鰇魚
Singapore (Teochew) 炒鰇魚
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 除工
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 炒魷魚
Wu Shanghai 炒魷魚
Hangzhou 回報
Xiang Changsha 開銷
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Dialectal synonyms of 解僱 (“to terminate someone's employment; to fire; to sack”) [map]
  • (to speculate): 炒作 (chǎozuò)

See also

Compounds

Descendants

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

Japanese

Kanji

炒

(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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