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煸

biān
verb #61,584

Meanings

  1. 1 to stir-fry over high heat before broiling or stewing
  2. 2 to dry-fry

Examples

先把豆角煸到表皮起皱。
Xiān bǎ dòujiǎo biān dào biǎopí qǐzhòu.
First dry-fry the green beans until the skins wrinkle.
干煸牛肉丝是经典的川菜。
Gānbiān niúròusī shì jīngdiǎn de chuāncài.
Dry-fried shredded beef is a classic Sichuan dish.

Tips

culture
煸 is a specific cooking technique: frying an ingredient in a little oil over high heat to drive off moisture before further cooking. It headlines the dish name 干煸 (干煸, 'dry-fried'), common in Sichuan cuisine.

Components

radical
火 huǒ
fire
火 is the fire radical in its left-side form, marking this as a heat/cooking word — here the high-heat dry-frying technique.
phonetic
扁 biǎn
flat; phonetic
扁 supplies the sound (biǎn shifting to biān). It belongs to a family of characters sharing this phonetic and adds no meaning here.

Stroke Order

煸 biān