炒作

Chinese

		saute; pan-fry; to fry saute; pan-fry; to fry; fried	to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do to regard as; to take (someone) for; to do; to make
trad. (炒作)		炒	作
simp. #(炒作)		炒	作

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǎozuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caau² zok³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhá-chok / chháu-chok

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ca² zag⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǎozuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄠˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǎozuò
    • Wade–Giles: chʻao³-tso⁴
    • Yale: chǎu-dzwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaotzuoh
    • Palladius: чаоцзо (čaoczo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caau² zok³
    • Yale: cháau jok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaau² dzok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: cao² zog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːu̯³⁵ t͡sɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhá-chok
    • Tâi-lô: tshá-tsok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhafzog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰa⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chháu-chok
    • Tâi-lô: tsháu-tsok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhawzog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ca² zag⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshá tsak
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰa⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sak̚²/

Verb

炒作

1. (in media, publicity, etc.) to hype; to sensationalise
2. (finance) to speculate
3. (economics) to drive up prices

Synonyms

• (to speculate): 炒 (chǎo)

Related terms

• 聳人聽聞／耸人听闻 (sǒngréntīngwén)