烘
hōng
Pinyin

Definition

烘
 - 
hōng
  1. to bake
  2. to heat by fire
  3. to set off by contrast

Character Decomposition

Related Words (9)

烘焙
hōng bèi
  1. 1 to cure by drying over a fire (tea, meat etc)
  2. 2 to bake
暖烘烘
nuǎn hōng hōng
  1. 1 nice and warm
  2. 2 cozy
  3. 3 heartwarming
烘干
hōng gān
  1. 1 to dry over a stove
烘干机
hōng gān jī
  1. 1 clothes dryer
烘托
hōng tuō
  1. 1 background (of a painting)
  2. 2 backdrop
  3. 3 a foil (to set off something to advantage)
  4. 4 to offset (something to advantage)

Idioms (1)

烘云托月
hōng yún tuō yuè
  1. 1 lit. to shade in the clouds to offset the moon (idiom); fig. a foil
  2. 2 a contrasting character to a main hero

Sample Sentences

在丽水市庆元县，当地菇农用电力代替柴火烘干香菇，不仅节约了生产成本，还减轻了生产过程中的烟尘污染。
zài Líshuǐshì Qìngyuánxiàn ，dāngdì gū Nóng yòng diànlì dàitì cháihuo hōnggān xiānggū ，bùjǐn jiéyuē le shēngchǎnchéngběn ，hái jiǎnqīng le shēngchǎn guòchéng zhōng de yānchén wūrǎn 。
In Qingyuan County, Lishui City, a local mushroom farm uses electricity instead of firewood to dry mushrooms. This not only saves production costs, but also reduces smoke pollution during production.
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现在电蒸电烤香菇效率高、卖相好，每烘干一吨香菇节约成本一百八十五点四元，保守算一年可节约木材二点二万吨，每公斤香菇价格还能提升二十多元。
xiànzài diàn zhēng diàn kǎo xiānggū xiàolǜ gāo 、màixiàng hǎo ，měi hōnggān yī dūn xiānggū jiéyuē chéngběn yībǎi bāshí wǔ diǎn sì yuán ，bǎoshǒu suàn yī nián kě jiéyuē mùcái èr diǎn èr wàn dūn ，měi gōngjīn xiānggū jiàgé huán néng tíshēng èrshí duō yuán 。
Nowadays, electric oven-baked mushrooms sell well and the process is highly efficient. Each drying of one ton of mushrooms saves 185.4 yuan. 22,000 tons of wood are also saved in one year, and the price per kilogram of mushrooms can be increased by over twenty yuan.
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香菇种植大户吴发友说，村里以前靠柴火烘干香菇，每年要浪费十多万元的香菇。
xiānggū zhòngzhí dàhù wúfāyǒu shuō ，cūnlǐ yǐqián kào cháihuo hōnggān xiānggū ，měinián yào làngfèi shí duō wàn yuán de xiānggū 。
Wu Fayou, a large mushroom grower, said previously mushrooms were dried by firewood in the village. This has led to more than 100,000 yuan of shiitake mushrooms wastage every year.
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无人”智慧面包坊并非完全无人，烘焙员们正在现场制售间忙碌着，几位店员在售卖区为顾客提供服务，店里还保留了一个人工收银台。
wúrén ”zhìhuì miànbāo fáng bìngfēi wánquán wúrén ，hōngpéiyuán men zhèngzài xiànchǎng zhìshòu jiān mánglù zhe ，jǐ wèi diànyuán zài shòumài qū wèi gùkè tígōng fúwù ，diàn lǐ hái bǎoliú le yīgē réngōng shōuyíntái 。
“Unmanned” smart bakeries are not totally without people, bakers are busy with on-site production, a few shop assistants are providing customer service, and there is also a man operated cash register
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卡纸、水彩颜料、调色盘、毛笔，还有烘干机，老师，我们今天要做什么呀？
kǎzhǐ 、shuǐcǎi yánliào 、tiáosèpán 、máobǐ ，háiyǒu hōnggānjī ，lǎoshī ，wǒmen jīntiān yào zuò shénme ya ？
Card, watercolors, a color palette, brushes and a blow dryer... Mr Smith, what are we going to do today?
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没错，水沥干以后，再用烘干机吹干卡纸，注意烘干机别太靠近卡纸。
méicuò ，shuǐ lìgān yǐhòu ，zài yòng hōnggānjī chuī gān kǎzhǐ ，zhùyì hōnggānjī bié tài kàojìn kǎzhǐ 。
That's right, after the water is all dried up, use the dryer to blow dry the card, making sure that the dryer doesn't get too close to the card.
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能把洗好的衣服烘干。
néng bǎ xǐ hǎo de yīfu hōnggān 。
To properly dry our laundry.
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能烘干吗？
néng hōnggān ma ？
Can it dry clothes?
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