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烤

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烤

  • kǎo (kao³) Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄎㄠˇ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • haau¹ Cantonese, Jyutping
  • haau² Cantonese, Jyutping
  • kō̤ Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • khóⁿ Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • khó Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • kao² Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • ⁵khau Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
  • kǎo Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄎㄠˇ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • kǎo Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • kʻao³ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • kǎu Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • kao Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • као Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /kʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • haau¹ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • haau² Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • hāau Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • háau Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • hao¹ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • hao² Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /haːu̯⁵⁵/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /haːu̯³⁵/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • kō̤ Min Dong, Fuzhou, Foochow Romanized
  • /kʰo³³/ Min Dong, Fuzhou, IPA

Where it comes from

同聲符字 (丂) (鄭張尚芳 (2003))

形聲漢字（上古 *kʰluːʔ）：意符 火 + 聲符 考 (上古 *kʰluːʔ) 。

本字為熇。

釋義

  1. 將東西置於炭火等熱源附近，使其烘熟 烤焦了

    Similar: 燒, 烧

  2. 用火烘乾 衣服被雨淋濕了，趕快拿去烤乾。
  3. 就火取暖 烤火

In English

  • roast to cook food by heating in an oven or fire
  • bake to cook in an oven
  • baking action in which something is baked
  • broil to cook by direct, radiant heat
  • grill barbecue

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"烤." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%83%A4. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Chicago

"烤." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%83%A4.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {烤},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%83%A4},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}