烘制 (hōng zhì) — to bake (as a manufacturing process, e.g., in food production or tea processing)

Definition

Industry-scale dry-heat cooking — baking as a production step (food, tea, ceramics), not casual home cooking. Emphasizes the manufacturing process rather than everyday kitchen baking.

verb
to bake (as a manufacturing process, e.g., in food production or tea processing)

Examples

  • 烘制。
    Zhè jiā gōng chǎng zhuān mén hōng zhì bǐng gān.
    This factory specializes in baking cookies.
  • 烘制，。
    Chá yè jīng guò hōng zhì hòu, xiāng wèi gèng nóng.
    After the tea leaves are baked, the aroma is stronger.
  • 烘制。
    Tā men yòng chuán tǒng fāng fǎ hōng zhì miàn bāo.
    They bake bread using traditional methods.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

烘hōngbake/dry
制zhìmake

烘 means bake or dry, and 制 means make; together make something by baking.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The form 制 pairs 朱 (tree) with 刀 (knife), showing the act of cutting a tree.

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