油炸

Chinese

		oil; sly	explode; fry
trad. (油炸)		油	炸
simp. #(油炸)		油	炸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóuzhá, yóuzhà

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄓㄚˊ, ㄧㄡˊ ㄓㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ zaa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóuzhá
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄓㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóujhá
    • Wade–Giles: yu²-cha²
    • Yale: yóu-já
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youjar
    • Palladius: ючжа (jučža)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂä³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, nonstandard variant, common in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóuzhà
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄓㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóujhà
    • Wade–Giles: yu²-cha⁴
    • Yale: yóu-jà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youjah
    • Palladius: ючжа (jučža)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ zaa³
    • Yale: yàuh ja
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ dzaa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ za³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ t͡saː³³/

Verb

油炸

1. to deep-fry

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 炸 (“to deep-fry”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		炸, 油炸
Mandarin	Beijing	炸
	Taiwan	炸
	Singapore	炸
Cantonese	Guangzhou	炸
	Hong Kong	炸
	Singapore (Guangfu)	炸
Hakka	Meixian	炸
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	浮
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	炸
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	浮
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	浮
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	浮, 炸
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	浮
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	浮
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	浮
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	糋
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	炸, 浮
Southern Min	Xiamen	糋, 浮, 乍
	Quanzhou	糋, 浮, 乍
	Zhangzhou	糋, 浮, 乍
	Tainan	糋, 浮, 乍 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	糋
	Singapore (Hokkien)	糋
	Manila (Hokkien)	糋
	Chaozhou	炸
Wu	Shanghai	炸, 氽, 煠
	Suzhou	氽, 煠
	Wuxi	煠
	Hangzhou	煠, 氽
	Ningbo	煠, 氽
	Zhenhai	煠
	Fenghua	煠
	Zhoushan	煠
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

• 油炸果
• 油炸檜／油炸桧
• 油炸粿 (yóuzháguǒ)
• 油炸豆兒／油炸豆儿 (yóuzhádòur)
• 油炸鬼 (yóuzháguǐ)