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炸

zhá · zha/zhà · zha

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Meaning

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zhá 炸

  1. to deep fry
  2. (coll.) to blanch (a vegetable)
  3. Taiwan pr. [zhà]

zhà 炸

  1. to burst; to explode
  2. to blow up; to bomb
  3. (coll.) to fly into a rage
  4. (coll.) to scamper off; to scatter
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Fried chicken

  1. Liangliang

    闻到(wéndào)了(le)吗(ma)？有人(yǒurén)在(zài)炸(zhá)鸡(jī)。

    Do you smell that? Someone is frying chicken.

  2. Dengdeng

    太香(tàixiāng)了(le)！我们(wǒmen)买(mǎi)一份(yīfèn)炸(zhá)鸡(jī)吧(ba)。

    So fragrant! Let's buy some fried chicken.

  3. Liangliang

    老板(lǎobǎn)说(shuō)要等(yàoděng)十分钟(shífēnzhōng)，现在(xiànzài)才(cái)开始(kāishǐ)炸(zhá)。

    The boss says wait ten minutes. He is only starting to fry now.

  4. Dengdeng

    十分钟(shífēnzhōng)？我(wǒ)已经(yǐjīng)饿了(èle)。

    Ten minutes? I am already hungry.

  5. Liangliang

    那就(nàjiù)先(xiān)吃(chī)旁边(pángbiān)的(de)炸(zhá)土豆(tǔdòu)吧(ba)。

    Then eat the fried potatoes next door first.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)觉(jué)得(de)我(wǒ)的(de)头(tóu)要(yào)炸(zhà)了(le)。

I thought my head would explode.

Tatoeba: Chinese by verdastelo9604 · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

妈(mā)妈(ma)把(bǎ)土(tǔ)豆(dòu)切(qiē)成(chéng)片(piàn)，放(fàng)进(jìn)油(yóu)里(lǐ)炸(zhá)。

Mom sliced the potatoes and deep-fried them in oil.

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