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烤 (kǎo): to bake, to roast, to grill, to toast

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HSK 4verb

Character info

Pinyin
Meaning: to bake, to roast, to grill, to toast
Characters: 1
Part of speech: verb
HSK level: HSK 4
Strokes: 10
Radical: 火
Structure: 左右结构

Full definitions

to roast
to grill
to broil
to bake
to toast (bread)
to warm oneself by a fire
to roast
to grill
to broil
to bake
to toast (bread)
to warm oneself (by a fire)

Chinese explanation

把食物放在火或高温附近，使食物变熟或变干，通常指用烤箱或炭火来烹饪，如烤肉、烤面包
也指人靠近火或热源取暖，如烤火。

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I like to grill meat on weekends.

Mom is baking bread in the oven.

Beijing roast duck is very famous.

We sat around the stove warming ourselves by the fire.

Grill the fish for ten minutes.

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