Chinese word dictionary

翻炒

fān chǎo · to stir-fry

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Simplified翻炒

Traditional翻炒

Pinyinfān chǎo

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Character breakdown

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翻fān

to upset, to capsize, to flip over

炒chǎo

to boil, to fry, to roast, to sauté; to trade stock

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翻译fānyì

to translate; to interpret; translator; interpreter; translation; interpretation; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]

炒chǎo

to sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate (in real estate etc); to scalp; to hype up; to sack; to fire (sb)

翻fān

to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross; variant of 翻[fan1]

炒股chǎogǔ

(coll.) to speculate in stocks

炒作chǎozuò

to hype; to promote (in the media)

翻番fānfān

to double; to increase by a certain number of times