Meaning of chǎo:
chǎo
炒
Verb
to sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate (in real estate etc); to scalp; to hype up; to sack; to fire (sb)
Wǒ jīn wǎn zhǔn bèi chǎo qīng cài.
我今晚准备炒青菜。
I plan to sauté vegetables tonight.
Tā xǐhuān zài gǔshì lǐ chǎo gǔ.
他喜欢在股市里炒股。
He likes to speculate in the stock market.
Zhè jiā gōngsī shàncháng zài shèjiāo méitǐ shàng chǎozuò tāmen de chǎnpǐn.
这家公司擅长在社交媒体上炒作他们的产品。
This company is good at hyping up their products on social media.
Yīnwèi gōngzuò biǎoxiàn bù jiā, tā bèi chǎo le.
因为工作表现不佳，他被炒了。
Because of poor job performance, he was fired.
