炸
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to burst; to explode; to blow up; to bomb; (coll.) to fly into a rage; (coll.) to scamper off; to scatter
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 火 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 炸
- Common rank
- #1,109
- Unicode
- U+70B8
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Words with 炸
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 定时炸弹 | time bomb | |
| 黄色炸药 | trinitrotoluene (TNT), C6H2(NO2)3CH3 | |
| 红色炸弹 | (jocular) wedding invitation (lit. "red bomb", because wedding invitations use red paper, … | |
| 自杀式炸弹 | a suicide bomb | |
| 炸土豆条儿 | erhua variant of 炸土豆條|炸土豆条[zha2 tu3 dou4 tiao2] | |
| 子母炸弹 | cluster bomb | |
| 炸子鸡 | crispy fried chicken | |
| 计时炸弹 | time bomb | |
| 炸弹之母 | Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB), or Mother of All Bombs, a powerful American bomb | |
| 深水炸弹 | depth charge | |
| 大型空爆炸弹 | Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB), a powerful American bomb | |
| 自杀式爆炸 | suicide bombing | |
| 炸土豆片 | potato chips; crisps; fried potato | |
| 炸土豆条 | french fries; (hot) potato chips | |
| 空气炸锅 | air fryer | |
| 气炸 | to burst with rage; to blow one's top | |
| 炸物 | (Tw) deep-fried food | |
| 炸弹之父 | Aviation Thermobaric Bomb of Increased Power (ATBIP), or Father of All Bombs, a powerful R… | |
| 油炸鬼 | (coll.) youtiao (deep-fried breadstick) | |
| 炸鱼 | deep-fried fish |