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烤
kǎo
1. to roast
2. to bake
3. to broil
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

烤
kǎo
to bake, to cook, to roast, to toast
HSK 4 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

烘烤
hōngkǎo
to roast
烤房
kǎofáng
drying room
烤架
kǎojià
grill (of a cooker etc)
烤火
kǎohuǒ
to warm oneself at a fire
烤炙
kǎozhì
to scorch
烤烟
kǎoyān
flue-cured tobacco
烤炉
kǎolú
oven (PRC)
烤盘
kǎopán
baking tray
烤箱
kǎoxiāng
oven
烤肉
kǎoròu
barbecue (lit. roast meat)
烤鸡
kǎojī
roast chicken
烤电
kǎodiàn
diathermia (medical treatment involving local heating of body tissues with electric current)
烤饼
kǎobǐng
scone
烤鸭
kǎoyā
roast duck
HSK 4
焗烤
júkǎo
to bake
焙烤
bèikǎo
to bake
熏烤
xūnkǎo
to smoke
烧烤
shāokǎo
barbecue
现烤
xiànkǎo
freshly baked
奶汁烤
nǎizhīkǎo
gratin

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
2,628
Word Frequency Rank
2,673 of 84,292

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