炸 (zhà): to fry, to explode
炸 (zhà) is a Chinese character meaning “to fry, to explode.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 火 (structural) and 乍 (structural). It ranks #976 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 炸 a sudden 乍 flame 火; 乍 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 火 (fire) appears in many related characters such as 火 (huǒ, fire), 灯 (dēng, lamp, light), 烟 (yān, smoke).
Definitions
- to fry, to explode
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA sudden 乍 flame 火; 乍 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿰火乍 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 炸
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 炸弹 | zhà dàn | bomb |
| 炸药 | zhà yào | explosive |
| 炸掉 | zhà diào | to bomb |
| 轰炸 | hōng zhà | to bomb |
| 炸鸡 | zhá jī | fried chicken |
| 炸毁 | zhà huǐ | to blow up |
| 爆炸物 | bào zhà wù | explosive (material) |
| 轰炸机 | hōng zhà jī | bomber (aircraft) |
| 爆炸性 | bào zhà xìng | explosive |
| 定时炸弹 | dìng shí zhà dàn | time bomb |
| 炸鱼 | zhá yú | deep-fried fish |
| 炸酱面 | zhá jiàng miàn | zhajiang mian, thick wheat noodles served with ground pork simmered in salty fermented soybean paste (or other sauce) |
| 核爆炸 | hé bào zhà | nuclear explosion |
| 狂轰滥炸 | kuáng hōng làn zhà | to bomb indiscriminately |
| 爆炸力 | bào zhà lì | explosive force |
炸 appears in 75 compound words: 40 as the first character, 20 as the last, and 40 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 炸 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
Example Sentences
这家快餐店的炸鸡外皮酥脆，肉质鲜嫩多汁。
Zhè jiā kuàicān diàn de zhájī wàipí sūcuì, ròuzhì xiānnèn duōzhī.
The fried chicken at this fast food restaurant has a crispy skin and tender, juicy meat.
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tái nán gāo gōng shēng xiǎng 當 網 紅 pào zhà qīng wā 網 罵 fān
Two Tainan High School of Technology Students Spark Outrage Online After Filming 'Frog Explosion' to Become Internet Celebrities
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無 zhào nán gǎi 車 zhà jiē zāo 攔 bù 滿 āi 罰 kòu 車 飆 國 罵 ! fáng hài gōng 務 sòng . . .
Unlicensed driver modifies car for street racing, gets pulled over. Upset over fine and impounded vehicle, he spews profanities! Charged with obstructing official duties...
1令吉爆竹爆炸导致右眼失明 7年过去少年仍感觉历历在目
lìng jí bào zhú bào zhà dǎo zhì yòu yǎn shī míng nián guò qù shǎo nián réng gǎn jué lì lì zài mù
A 1-ringgit firecracker explosion caused him to lose his right eye. Seven years later, the teenager still remembers it vividly.
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. . . cān 優 huì ! cuì là 雞 tuǐ 飽 cān 減 麥 樂 雞 麥 zhà 雞 豬 liǔ dàn 漢 bǎo cān qǐ
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shǎn diàn píng lún chūn wǎn jī qì rén tiān tuán zhà chǎng , zhè gǔ kē jì cháo wéi hé dòng . .
The Spring Festival Gala Robotics Troupe is blowing up the stage, and why this wave of technology is moving...
爆炸的原因是什么？
Bàozhà de yuányīn shì shénme?
What was the cause of the explosion?
这个炸弹可以炸死很多人。
Zhège zhàdàn kěyǐ zhàsǐ hěn duō rén.
This bomb can kill many people.
大炸弹从天而降，夺走了许多人的生命。
Dà zhàdàn cóngtiān'érjiàng, duózǒu le xǔduō rén de shēngmìng.
A big bomb fell, and a great many people lost their lives.
化学工厂一着火就爆炸了。
Huàxué gōngchǎng yī zháohuǒ jiù bàozhà le.
Once the chemical plant caught fire, it exploded.
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