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烘焙 (hōng bèi) — to bake; to cure by drying over heat (bread, cakes, tea leaves, meat, etc.)

Definition

烘焙 means 'to bake' — usually in an oven, especially bread, cakes, and pastries, and also curing tea or meat by gentle heat. Compared to 烤 (roast/grill with direct, higher heat), 烘焙 is slower and uses indirect, lower heat.

verb
to baketo cure by drying over heat (bread, cakes, tea leaves, meat, etc.)

Examples

  • 烘焙。
    Mā ma jīn tiān yòng xīn kǎo xiāng hōng bèi le bǐng gān.
    Mom baked cookies today with the new oven.
  • 烘焙。
    Zhè zhǒng lǜ chá xū yào dī wēn hōng bèi cái néng bǎo chí xiāng wèi.
    This type of green tea needs to be dried at a low temperature to retain its fragrance.
  • 烘焙。
    Tā zài tái wān xué guò zhuān yè de hōng bèi jì shù.
    He studied professional baking techniques in Taiwan.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

烘hōngdry with heat
焙bèibake

烘 and 焙 both describe drying or baking over heat, so the sense is to bake.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
火火huǒfire
Sound part声符shēngfú
咅
咅pǒu焙bèi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

焙 is formed from 火 (fire) and 咅, which gives the sound; the fire element points to baking over fire.

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Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Cooking

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