焙 (bèi): to bake

Meanings

1 to bake
2 to roast over low heat
3 to dry by gentle fire

Characters

焙

bèi

to bake; to roast over low heat

Examples

她在学烘焙蛋糕。

Tā zài xué hōngbèi dàngāo.

She is learning to bake cakes.

茶叶要用小火焙出香味。

Cháyè yào yòng xiǎohuǒ bèi chū xiāngwèi.

Tea leaves must be roasted over a low fire to bring out their aroma.

楼下有一家烘焙店，很香。

Lóuxià yǒu yì jiā hōngbèi diàn, hěn xiāng.

There is a bakery downstairs that smells wonderful.

Tips

usage

Most common in 烘焙 ('to bake', the umbrella word for baking bread, cakes, and pastries). It implies gentle, sustained heat, not high-temperature roasting.

Components

radical

火 huǒ

fire

The fire radical on the left gives the meaning: the character is about applying gentle, controlled heat, which is the heart of baking and slow-roasting.

phonetic

咅 pǒu

to spit out

Supplies the sound on the right: this element shifted to bèi. It contributes no meaning here, only the phonetic value, and also appears in 培 and 倍.