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炒chǎo作zuò

  1. to hype; to promote (in the media)

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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

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炒
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

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

Pinyin
chǎo
Strokes
8
Frequency
3521 of 2500
Words starting with 炒Words ending in 炒Anywhere in a word
作
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

(bound form) worker, (bound form) workshop, (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)

Pinyin
zuō
Strokes
7
Frequency
1866 of 2500
Words starting with 作Words ending in 作Anywhere in a word