热炒

熱炒

rèchǎo

verb

Meanings

1 to hype up
2 to speculate on (a stock, topic)
3 stir-fried dish (Taiwan)

Characters

to stir-fry; to hype

Examples

这只股票最近被热炒。

Zhè zhī gǔpiào zuìjìn bèi rèchǎo.

This stock has been heavily speculated on recently.

媒体不应热炒未经证实的消息。

Méitǐ bù yīng rèchǎo wèi jīng zhèngshí de xiāoxi.

The media shouldn't hype up unverified news.

这家小店的热炒很地道。

Zhè jiā xiǎo diàn de rèchǎo hěn dìdào.

This little shop's stir-fried dishes are very authentic.

Tips

usage

Two quite different senses: (1) in finance/media, to hype or speculatively drive up attention or price; (2) in Taiwan food scene, 热炒 is the casual stir-fry eatery genre — cheap beer, fresh wok dishes.

memory

热 hot + 炒 stir-fry. Imagine news or a stock getting tossed in a hot wok — that's the 'hype' sense.

Stroke Order

热 rè

炒 chǎo