炸
zhá
to deep fry
(coll.) to blanch (a vegetable); Taiwan pr. [zha4]
fire (火) + sudden (乍) = deep fry in a violent burst
Oil so hot it makes food react with sudden, violent bubbling — that abruptness is exactly what deep frying looks and sounds like. The character captures both the element (fire) and the event (sudden transformation).
妈妈用油炸了一些鸡块。
māma yòng yóu zhá le yī xiē jī kuài。
Mom deep fried some pieces of chicken in oil.
这家餐厅的炸虾做得又脆又香。
zhè jiā cāntīng de zhá xiā zuò de yòu cuì yòu xiāng。
The deep fried shrimp at this restaurant is both crispy and fragrant.
Words with 炸
炸药
zhà yào
explosive; blasting agent; dynamite
逻辑炸弹
luó jí zhà dàn
logic bomb
重磅炸弹
zhòng bàng zhà dàn
(fig.) sth that produces shockwaves
集束炸弹
jí shù zhà dàn
cluster bomb
黄色炸药
huáng sè zhà yào
trinitrotoluene (TNT), C6H2(NO2)3CH3
地下核爆炸
dì xià hé bào zhà
nuclear underground burst
地毯式轰炸
dì tǎn shì hōng zhà
carpet bombing
地面核爆炸
dì miàn hé bào zhà
surface nuclear explosion
塑胶炸药
sù jiāo zhà yào
plastic explosive
塑胶爆炸物
sù jiāo bào zhà wù
plastic explosive
大型空爆炸弹
dà xíng kōng bào zhà dàn
Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB), a powerful American bomb
大爆炸
dà bào zhà
Big Bang (cosmology)