烘 (hōng) — to bake (using indirect heat); to dry by heat; to set off (by contrast)
Definition
烘 is a literary/artistic verb for 'to set off or highlight through contrast', like 烘托 and 衬托. The everyday cooking sense ('bake with indirect heat', drier than 烤) is far less common at HSK 7.
verb
to bake (using indirect heat)to dry by heatto set off (by contrast)
Examples
- 烘。Tā xǐ huan zì jǐ hōng bǐng gān.He likes to bake cookies himself.
- ，。Xià yǔ le, kuài bǎ yī fu hōng gān.It's raining, quickly dry the clothes.
- 烘。Zhè fú huà yòng shēn sè bèi jǐng hōng chū zhǔ tǐ.This painting uses a dark background to set off the main subject.
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