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How do you say "oven" in Chinese?
烤箱
kǎo xiāng
In Chinese, "oven" is 烤箱.
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Pronunciation
KAO XIANG. Kao has falling tone, xiang has rising tone. Drop on kao, then rise on xiang.
Writing and usage
Two characters: 烤 (kao) has 10 strokes with fire radical meaning to bake or roast, 箱 (xiang) has 14 strokes with bamboo radical meaning box or container.
Example sentence
把蛋糕放在烤箱里。
Put the cake in the oven.
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How to remember 烤箱
Roast box. An oven is a box where food is roasted by heat.
Related words
- basket 篮子 lán zi
- bottle 瓶子 píng zi
- butter 黄油 huáng yóu
- chocolate 巧克力 qiǎo kè lì
- clock 时钟 shí zhōng
- dough 面团 miàn tuán
- pastry 糕点 gāo diǎn
- rolling pin 擀面杖 gǎn miàn zhàng
- taco 塔可 tǎ kě
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Questions about 烤箱
How do you say "oven" in Chinese?
In Chinese, "oven" is 烤箱. It is a noun.
How is 烤箱 written in Chinese?
Two characters: 烤 (kao) has 10 strokes with fire radical meaning to bake or roast, 箱 (xiang) has 14 strokes with bamboo radical meaning box or container.
How is 烤箱 used in a sentence?
Use 烤箱 as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: 把蛋糕放在烤箱里。 (Put the cake in the oven.).
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