焗 (jú) — (bound form) to steam-bake in a covered pot (Cantonese cooking method); (bound form) to apply heat treatment to hair (as in 焗油)
Definition
Cantonese cooking term for cooking in a sealed pot — salt-baked chicken (盐焗鸡) and baked rice (焗饭) are classics. Also used in 焗油 (hair conditioning).
bound form
to steam-bake in a covered pot (Cantonese cooking method)to apply heat treatment to hair (as in 焗油)
Examples
- 焗，。Mā ma zuò le yí dào yán jú jī, wèi dào tè bié hǎo.Mom made a salt-baked chicken dish, and it tasted especially good.
- 焗，。Wǒ gāng qù lǐ fà diàn zuò le jú yóu, tóu fa shùn duō le.I just went to the hair salon for a conditioning treatment, and my hair is much smoother.
- 焗。Zhè jiā yuè cài guǎn de jú fàn hěn shòu huān yíng.This Cantonese restaurant's baked rice is very popular.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
焗 is built from 火 (fire) on the left, showing a connection to heat, and 局, which gives the sound.
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