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焗

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verb #29,925

Meanings

  1. 1 to cook sealed in salt or sand with heat
  2. 2 to bake in a closed container
  3. 3 to steam or deep-heat (hair, in beauty contexts)

Examples

盐焗鸡是客家菜的经典名菜。
Yán jú jī shì Kèjiā cài de jīngdiǎn míngcài.
Salt-baked chicken is a classic dish of Hakka cuisine.
她去美发店焗油，让头发更亮泽。
Tā qù měifàdiàn jú yóu, ràng tóufa gèng liànggzé.
She went to the hair salon for a hair conditioning treatment to make her hair shinier.

Tips

culture
焗 is a Cantonese-origin cooking term describing a technique where ingredients are sealed in hot salt, sand, or a pot and cooked by retained heat. 盐焗鸡 (salt-baked chicken) is the most famous dish using this method.

Stroke Order

焗 jú