Definition
烘 (hōng) means (1) to bake or dry with indirect heat (oven, not open flame) — unlike 烤 (kǎo) which uses direct heat like grilling; (2) to set off by contrast, often in the compound 烘托 (hōng tuō) — 衬托 (chèn tuō) is a more general foil.
verb
to bake (using indirect heat)to dry by heatto set off (by contrast)
Easily confused
- 拱gǒnglook-aliketo arch (the back, a bridge, etc.)
- 红hóngsound-alikered (color)
- 哄hǒnglook-aliketo coax, to soothe
- 轰hōngsound-alike(onomatopoeia) bang, boom, rumble (a loud explosive sound)
- 供gōnglook-aliketo provide, to supply
- 粪fènlook-alikemanure, dung
- 巷xiànglook-alikelane, alley
Examples
- 烘。Tā xǐhuan zìjǐ hōng bǐnggān.He likes to bake cookies himself.
- ，。Xià yǔ le, kuài bǎ yīfu hōng gān.It's raining, quickly dry the clothes.
- 烘。Zhè fú huà yòng shēnsè bèijǐng hōng chū zhǔtǐ.This painting uses a dark background to set off the main subject.
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