烤

kǎo

HSK 3.0 Level 4 Verb Common

Definitions

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

Character focus

Stroke order

10 strokes

Word relationships

Antonyms

1 item

煮

zhǔ

to cook

to boil, cooking in water vs dry heat

Related words

2 items

烧

shāo

to burn

to roast/grill, often with direct flame

炙

zhì

to broil

to broil/roast over fire, literary

Synonyms

1 item

烘

hōng

to bake

dry heat cooking, e.g. 烘面包 (toast bread)

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

3 shown

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。

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Words Containing 烤

烤肉

kǎo ròu

barbecue (lit. roast meat)

roast duck

barbecue

Peking Duck

tǔ ěr qí xuán zhuǎn kǎo ròu

Turkish döner kebab

gratin

döner kebab

to roast

(loanword) crème brûlée

drying room

grill (of a cooker etc)

烤火

kǎo huǒ

to warm oneself at a fire

to scorch

to burn (food by overroasting etc)

flue-cured tobacco

oven (PRC)

baking tray

oven

barbecue sauce

kǎo hú jiāo xiāng cháng

roast pepper sausage

roast chicken

diathermia (medical treatment involving local heating of body tissues with electric current)

scone

toast

toaster

to bake

to bake

to smoke

barbecue sauce

freshly baked

pancake