Chinese Word: 烤 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

烤HSK 4

Pinyin: kǎo

English Definition: to roast; to bake; to broil

Chinese Definition:
①把东西放在火的周围使干或使熟：烤炙。烤面包。烤肉。烘烤。
②挨近火取暖：烤火。烤一烤手。

Total strokes: 10; Radical: 火

Pictophonetic:考 indicates the sound; 火 (fire) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 火 [ huǒ ] fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
- 考 [ kǎo ] to test, to investigate, to examine

Similar Characters: 洘烧煤

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烤烟	kǎo yān	flue-cured tobacco; tobacco for flue-curing
烧烤	shāo kǎo	barbecue; to roast
烤鸭HSK 4	kǎo yā	roast duck
烤火	kǎo huǒ	to warm oneself at a fire
烤肉	kǎo ròu	barbecue (lit. roast meat)

1		wǒ 我 xiǎng 想 chī 吃 kǎo jī 烤鸡。 I want to eat grilled chicken.
2		wǒ xǐ huān 我喜欢 chī 吃 kǎo ròu 烤肉。 I like to eat grilled meat.
3		wǒ xǐ huān 我喜欢 chī 吃 kǎo huā shēng 烤花生。 I love snacking on roasted peanuts.
4		zhōng guó rén 中国人 xǐ huan 喜欢 chī 吃 kǎo rǔ zhū 烤乳猪。 Chinese people like to eat roasted suckling pig.
5		wǒ 我 cháng cháng 常常 zài 在 lù biān 路边 mǎi 买 kǎo yù mǐ 烤玉米。 I often buy roasted corn by the roadside.

1		wǒ 我 xiǎng 想 chī 吃 kǎo jī 烤鸡。 I want to eat grilled chicken.
2		wǒ xǐ huān 我喜欢 chī 吃 kǎo ròu 烤肉。 I like to eat grilled meat.
3		wǒ xǐ huān 我喜欢 chī 吃 kǎo huā shēng 烤花生。 I love snacking on roasted peanuts.
4		zhōng guó rén 中国人 xǐ huan 喜欢 chī 吃 kǎo rǔ zhū 烤乳猪。 Chinese people like to eat roasted suckling pig.
5		wǒ 我 cháng cháng 常常 zài 在 lù biān 路边 mǎi 买 kǎo yù mǐ 烤玉米。 I often buy roasted corn by the roadside.