Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 炸鸡
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
(chicken) egg; hen's egg; CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2]
鸡jīfowl; chicken; CL:隻|只[zhi1]; (slang) prostitute; variant of 雞|鸡[ji1]
炸zháto deep fry; (coll.) to blanch (a vegetable); Taiwan pr. [zha4]
爆炸bàozhàexplosion; to explode; to blow up; to detonate
鹤立鸡群hèlìjīqúna crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common; manifestly superior
轰炸hōngzhàto bomb; to bombard; CL:波[bo1],輪|轮[lun2]