烘 (hōng): to bake, to heat by fire, to set off by contrast
烘 (hōng) is a Chinese character meaning “to bake.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 火 (semantic) and 共 (phonetic). It ranks #2861 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 烘 fire. Its radical form 火 (fire) appears in many related characters such as 火 (huǒ, fire), 灯 (dēng, lamp, light), 烟 (yān, smoke).
Definitions
- to bake
- to heat by fire
- to set off by contrast
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 烘干verb | hōng gān | to dry over a stove |
| 烘烤verb | hōng kǎo | to roast |
| 臭烘烘adjective | chòu hōng hōng | stinking |
| 烘焙verb | hōng bèi | to cure by drying over a fire (tea, meat etc) |
| 烘制 | hōng zhì | to bake |
| 烘托verb | hōng tuō | background (of a painting) |
| 暖烘烘adjective | nuǎn hōng hōng | nice and warm |
| 烘炉noun | hōng lú | oven |
| 烘手机noun | hōng shǒu jī | hand dryer |
| 烘干机noun | hōng gān jī | clothes dryer |
| 烘手器 | hōng shǒu qì | hand dryer |
| 烘云托月 | hōng yún tuō yuè | lit. to shade in the clouds to offset the moon (idiom) |
| 烘动 | hōng dòng | variant of 轟動|轰动 |
| 烘碗机 | hōng wǎn jī | dish dryer |
| 烘笼儿 | hōng lóng r | bamboo drying frame |
烘 appears in 24 compound words: 88 as the first character, 4 as the last, and 8 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 烘 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
厨师用猛烘爆炒,锅里的菜肴香气四溢。
chú shī yòng měng hōng bào chǎo , guō lǐ de cài 肴 xiāng qì sì yì .
The chef stir-fried the ingredients over high heat, filling the kitchen with the aroma of the cooking dish.
不得不说,这两扇对开门对于“豪华感”的烘托,的确非常到位。
bù dé bù shuō , zhè liǎng shān duì kāi mén duì yú háo huá gǎn de hōng tuō , de què fēi cháng dào wèi .
I have to say, these two opposing doors really do a great job of enhancing the “luxurious feel.”
氛围烘托的晕染感还好,浓郁度较高。
fēn wéi hōng tuō de yūn rǎn gǎn hái hǎo , nóng yù dù jiào gāo .
The blurring effect used to set the mood is decent, and the intensity is quite high.
我拿一份烘焙店库存数据进行了测试。
wǒ ná yī fèn hōng bèi diàn kù cún shǔ jù jìn háng le cè shì .
I ran a test using inventory data from a bakery.
氛围烘托的晕染感不强,有轻度的浓郁感。
fēn wéi hōng tuō de yūn rǎn gǎn bù qiáng , yǒu qīng dù de nóng yù gǎn .
The atmospheric effect isn't very pronounced, but there is a slight sense of richness.
他在火旁烘干他的湿衣服。
Tā zài huǒ páng hōnggān tā de shīyī fú.
He dried his wet clothes by the fire.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 火 (fire) component
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