烤

kǎo

HSK 3.0 Level 4 Verb Common

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Definitions

1. to roast
2. to bake
3. to broil

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Word relationships

Antonyms

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• 煮 zhǔ 煮 zhǔ to cook to boil, cooking in water vs dry heat: to cook

Related words

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• 烧 shāo 烧 shāo to burn to roast/grill, often with direct flame: to burn
• 炙 zhì 炙 zhì to broil to broil/roast over fire, literary: to broil

Synonyms

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• 烘 hōng 烘 hōng to bake dry heat cooking, e.g. 烘面包 (toast bread): to bake

Usage notes

Collocations

Commonly used with 烤鸭 (roast duck), 烤肉 (barbecue), 烤面包 (toast bread).

Common mistakes

烤 is dry-heat cooking; do not use for boiling or steaming.

Example Sentences

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我喜欢吃 烤 鸭。

I like eating roast duck.

我今天在街上买了一个 烤 红薯。

Today I bought a roasted sweet potato on the street.

我會 烤 麵包。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 3984707)

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Words Containing 烤

• 烤肉 烤肉 kǎo ròu: barbecue (lit. roast meat)
• 烤鸭 烤鸭 kǎo yā: roast duck
• 烧烤 烧烤 shāo kǎo: barbecue
• 北京烤鸭 北京烤鸭 běi jīng kǎo yā: Peking Duck
• 土耳其旋转烤肉 土耳其旋转烤肉 tǔ ěr qí xuán zhuǎn kǎo ròu: Turkish döner kebab
• 奶汁烤 奶汁烤 nǎi zhī kǎo: gratin
• 旋转烤肉 旋转烤肉 xuán zhuǎn kǎo ròu: döner kebab
• 烘烤 烘烤 hōng kǎo: to roast
• 烤布蕾 烤布蕾 kǎo bù lěi: (loanword) crème brûlée
• 烤房 烤房 kǎo fáng: drying room
• 烤架 烤架 kǎo jià: grill (of a cooker etc)
• 烤火 烤火 kǎo huǒ: to warm oneself at a fire
• 烤炙 烤炙 kǎo zhì: to scorch
• 烤焦 烤焦 kǎo jiāo: to burn (food by overroasting etc)
• 烤烟 烤烟 kǎo yān: flue-cured tobacco
• 烤炉 烤炉 kǎo lú: oven (PRC)
• 烤盘 烤盘 kǎo pán: baking tray
• 烤箱 烤箱 kǎo xiāng: oven
• 烤肉酱 烤肉酱 kǎo ròu jiàng: barbecue sauce
• 烤胡椒香肠 烤胡椒香肠 kǎo hú jiāo xiāng cháng: roast pepper sausage
• 烤鸡 烤鸡 kǎo jī: roast chicken
• 烤电 烤电 kǎo diàn: diathermia (medical treatment involving local heating of body tissues with electric current)
• 烤饼 烤饼 kǎo bǐng: scone
• 烤面包 烤面包 kǎo miàn bāo: toast
• 烤面包机 烤面包机 kǎo miàn bāo jī: toaster
• 焗烤 焗烤 jú kǎo: to bake
• 焙烤 焙烤 bèi kǎo: to bake
• 熏烤 熏烤 xūn kǎo: to smoke
• 烧烤酱 烧烤酱 shāo kǎo jiàng: barbecue sauce
• 现烤 现烤 xiàn kǎo: freshly baked
• 薄烤饼 薄烤饼 bó kǎo bǐng: pancake