炒
stir-fry; hype; fire (from job)
Meanings
4 senses · 20 examplesverb
to stir-fry; to sauté
Basic Chinese cooking method, usually involving oil in a hot wok. 炒菜 is a common phrase for stir-frying vegetables or dishes.
My mom stir-fries two dishes every night.
Can you stir-fry chili peppers?
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He likes to eat sugar-roasted chestnuts the most.
You must heat the oil first before putting in the eggs to scramble them.
Let's simply stir-fry some peanuts for tonight.
verb
to speculate in; to hype up
Refers to buying and selling assets quickly for profit, or artificially inflating value/prices through hype.
Many people made a fortune by speculating in land ten years ago.
He was obsessed with speculating in stocks and ended up losing all his savings.
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This area was hyped up by investors, leading to artificially high housing prices.
The risks of speculating in cryptocurrencies are very high now.
Their company specializes in speculating in foreign exchange.
verb
to sensationalize; to hype up (news, topics)
Refers to the media or public artificially amplifying the popularity or controversy of a topic, often for attention or profit.
This media outlet sensationalizes news every day for traffic.
That celebrity's scandal was hyped up for a whole month.
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Don't readily believe those trending topics that are artificially hyped.
They deliberately rehash old news and report it as new.
This topic has little value; it's just been hyped up.
verb
to fire; to sack; to dismiss from a job
dialectA colloquial, informal term originating from dialects, commonly used in spoken Chinese to mean 'getting fired'.
He kept making mistakes at work and ended up getting fired by the boss.
I heard the new manager fired several people.
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If you keep slacking off like this, be careful you don't get fired!
The reason he was fired was for arguing with a colleague.
The company's performance is poor, and they might have to lay off another batch of people.