烤 (kǎo): To roast or bake over fire or heat — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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Recognition 4

HSK 3.0Vocab 4 Recognition 4

1.

Animated Stroke Order 烤

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 烤

3.

Character Breakdown

Left-Right

烤

火huǒ · fire

考kǎo · examine

烤=

4.

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5.

How to Use 烤

Roasted or grilled food/activity

Words referring to food or cooking method involving roasting or grilling.

HSK 4

6.

Example Sentences

zhōu周

mò末

wǒ我

men们

yì一

qǐ起

qù

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火huǒ · fire

+考kǎo · examine

The fire component connects this character to burning, heat, cooking, or light.

kǎo烤

yā鸭

roast duck

HSK 3.0 · L5

shāo烧

kǎo烤

barbecue

去

chī吃

kǎo烤

ròu肉

ba吧

。

Let's go eat grilled meat together this weekend.

wǒ我

men们

wǎn晚

shang上

zài在

yuàn院

zi子

lǐ里

kǎo烤

yù玉

mǐ米

。

We roast corn in the yard in the evening.

kǎo烤

xiāng箱

yù预

rè热

hòu后

fàng放

rù入

dàn蛋

gāo糕

。

Put the cake in after preheating the oven.

Yòng用

tàn炭

huǒ火

liáo燎

kǎo烤

de的

yáng羊

ròu肉

chuàn串

wèi味

dào道

tè特

bié别

xiāng香

。

Lamb skewers roasted over charcoal fire taste especially delicious.

Zhè这

dào道

cài菜

xū需

yào要

fàng放

zài在

huǒ火

shàng上

zhì炙

kǎo烤

shí十

fēn分

zhōng钟

。

This dish needs to be roasted over the fire for ten minutes.

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