Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 炒

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

to speculate in foreign currency

wok with a long handle
wok spatula
ladle

to moonlight

to stir-fry rapidly using a high flame
to conduct a media blitz
to manipulate a stock market through large-scale buying and selling

scrambled eggs

roasted snacks (peanuts, chestnuts etc)

stir-fried dish (Tw)

to stir-fry ingredients that have been cooked or partially cooked

to stir-fry

(of a business operator) to inflate one's reputation by dishonest means (e.g. posting fake reviews)

to speculate in real estate

(coll.) to speculate in stocks

fried rice
millet stir-fried in butter

to stir-fry
to do the cooking
stir-fried dish

fried rice
(slang) (Tw) to have sex

to stir-fry
to saute

to stir-fry in a small quantity of oil

speculator

stir-fried noodles
"chow mein"

to hype
to promote (in the media)

wok
frying pan

to stir-fry

to lightly fry

(Hong Kong) to seek mutual destruction

to raise prices by speculation
to hype

to liven up the atmosphere

kuàichǎodiàn

(Tw) low-budget eatery

stir-fried spinach

to stir-fry leftover rice
fig. to rehash the same story
to serve up the same old product

(coll.) to fire sb
to sack sb

scrambled eggs

to speculate in stocks

to speculate in building land

xiànchǎoxiànmài

lit. to fry and sell on the spot
fig. (of fresh graduates) to apply the still-fresh knowledge gained in school

chǎorèqìfēn

to liven up the atmosphere

dīngdīngchǎomiàn

chopped fried noodles

rèchǎorèmài

lit. to sell hot food freshly cooked; fig. to teach what one has just learned
enthusiasm of the new convert

Dànchǎofànjié

Fried Rice with Egg Festival, informally observed annually on November 25 as the anniversary of the death in 1950 of Mao Zedong's son Mao Anying, by people who are grateful that Mao's grip on China did not extend to a second generation (The younger Mao died in an American air raid in Korea, and, according to a popular account, his death was the result of cooking fried rice with egg, which produced smoke detected by US forces.)

jīdànchǎofàn

egg fried rice

shēngchǎorèmài

to sell while it's still hot (idiom); fig. in a great hurry to publish or sell (and no time to improve the product)

suànmiáochǎoròupiàn

蒜苗炒肉片

[蒜苗炒肉片]

stir-fried pork with garlic