炸

zhà

HSK 63 readings

“To deep fry” in Chinese is 炸 (zhà).

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Meaning

to deep fry
(coll.) to blanch (a vegetable)
to burst; to explode

Show 3 more meanings

to blow up; to bomb
(coll.) to fly into a rage
(coll.) to scamper off; to scatter

Example

爆炸的原因是什么？

What was the cause of the explosion?

From 爆炸 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

zhàto burst; to explode / to blow up; to bomb / (coll.) to fly into a rage / (coll.) to scamper off; to scatter
zháto deep fry / (coll.) to blanch (a vegetable)

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Words containing 炸

爆炸bàozhàexplosionHSK 6 炸弹zhàdànbombHSK 6 炸药zhàyàoexplosive; blasting agent; dynamiteHSK 6 轰炸hōngzhàto bomb; to bombardHSK 7-9

More HSK 6 characters

挨áiin order; in sequenceHSK 6 傲àoproudHSK 6 罢bàto stopHSK 6 榜bǎngnotice or announcementHSK 6 傍bàngnearHSK 6 胞bāoplacentaHSK 6 暴bàosuddenHSK 6 爆bàoto explode; to burstHSK 6 奔bènto hurryHSK 6 逼bīto compelHSK 6

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