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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 烧腊

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
烧腊 shāo là - barbecue (Cantonese style)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 77,838 39,752

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shāo- to burn
- to cook
- to stew
- to bake
- to roast
- to heat
- to boil (tea, water etc)
- fever
- to run a temperature
- (coll.) to let things go to one's head
- dried meat
- also pr. [xi2]
- old variant of 臘|腊[la4]
- ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month
- the 12th lunar month
- (bound form) (of meat, fish etc) cured in winter, esp. in the 12th lunar month

Other Words Containing 烧腊

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo