烘 - hōng - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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烘

hōng

Definition

to bake
to heat by fire
to set off by contrast

Character Decomposition

Related words (19)

to bake

to dry over a stove

background (of a painting); backdrop; a foil (to set off something to advantage); to offset (something to advantage)

烘染

hōng rǎn

relief shading (in a picture); (fig.) to throw into relief

oven

to roast; to bake

to cure by drying over a fire (tea, meat etc); to bake

bamboo drying frame

bake out furnace; bake oven; baking box; baking oven

烘衬

hōng chèn

to set off; to highlight by contrast

baked beans

clothes dryer

hand dryer

bakery

dish dryer

bamboo drying frame

shallow; uneducated

nice and warm; cosy; heartwarming

臭烘烘

chòu hōng hōng

stinking

Idioms (1)

烘云托月

hōng yún tuō yuè

(lit.) to shade in the clouds to offset the moon (idiom); fig. a foil; a contrasting character to a main hero

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