(pos:動詞)
<explanation>
yue:煮嘢食嘅方式,將嘢食擺喺鑊入面翻嚟翻去,直至煮熟
eng:to stir-fry
<eg>
yue:我想食腐乳炒通菜。 (ngo5 soeng2 sik6 fu6 jyu5 caau2 tung1 coi3.)
eng:I'd like to eat fried water spinach with fermented bean curd.
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<explanation>
yue:即係#炒賣,(投機性質嘅)#投資,透過低買高賣嘅手段嚟賺快錢
eng:to speculate
<eg>
yue:依家好多人炒樓,搞到樓價高企。 (ji1 gaa1 hou2 do1 jan4 caau2 lau2, gaau2 dou3 lau4 gaa3 gou1 kei5.)
eng:Many people speculate in the property market. This pushes up the price of the property market.
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<explanation>
yue:解僱(見#炒魷魚)
eng:to fire; to sack; to lay off
<eg>
yue:佢因為成日返工遲到,所以俾人炒咗。 (keoi5 jan1 wai6 seng4 jat6 faan1 gung1 ci4 dou3, so2 ji5 bei2 jan4 caau2 zo2.)
eng:He was fired for being late for work all the time.
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<explanation>
yue:喺比賽入面,大比數噉贏;類似#數
eng:(usually of matches or games) to win by a large margin
<eg>
yue:巴西只係俾荷蘭炒咗三球,已經好過上一場對德國㗎喇! (baa1 sai1 zi2 hai6 bei2 ho4 laan1 caau2 zo2 saam1 kau4, ji5 ging1 hou2 gwo3 soeng6 jat1 coeng4 deoi3 dak1 gwok3 gaa3 laa3!)
eng:Brazil only lost 0-3 against the Netherlands, it's already an improvement compared with their match with the Germans!
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<explanation>
yue:失敗(見#炒粉)
eng:to fail; to perform badly
<eg>
yue:我考試炒咗。 (ngo5 haau2 si5 caau2 zo2.)
eng:I perform badly on the exam.
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<explanation>
yue:#嗌交
eng:to have an argument; to have a row
<eg>
yue:琴日我同佢炒咗,所以你唔好叫我幫你揾佢喇。 (kam4 jat6 ngo5 tung4 keoi5 caau2 zo2, so2 ji5 nei5 m4 hou2 giu3 ngo5 bong1 nei5 wan2 keoi5 laa3.)
eng:I had a row with him yesterday. Please don't ask me to contact him for you.
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<explanation>
yue:撞車;撞到嘢
eng:(of vehicles or trains) to crash; to hit something
<eg>
yue:架車炒咗上路壆。 (gaa3 ce1 caau2 zo2 soeng2 lou6 bok3.)
eng:The car crashed into the kerb.