焙 (bui6 | bei4) : dry over slow fire; bake; roast

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焙

bui6

bei4

dry over slow fire; bake; roast

Also read as pui4 in Hong Kong.

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 火 (#86)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

焙

This word has been viewed 2866 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 7th Feb 2013 02:23 and last edited on 27th Dec 2014 08:30

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焙煎 bui6 zin1 bei4 jian1 = to dry and roast over a low fire (tea, chestnuts, seaweed etc); to torrefy

焙火爐 bui6 fo2 lou4 = to warm oneself by a fire 粵

烘焙 hong3 bui6 hong1 bei4 = curing by drying over heat to preserve product

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 焙
Unicode code for this character: U+7119 (off-site link)

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