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炸

Mandarin · pinyin zhá#

to deep fry
(coll.) to blanch (a vegetable)
Taiwan pr. zhà

Mandarin · pinyin zhà#

to burst; to explode
to blow up; to bomb
(coll.) to fly into a rage
(coll.) to scamper off; to scatter

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炸: zhà · to fry in oil; to scald; to explode

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zaa3

Cantonese word readings for 炸. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

to explode; to burst
to blow up; to bomb
(colloquial) to fly into a rage
(Cantonese, of jellyfish) to sting

character · Etymology 2

to fry in oil; to deep-fry

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