stir-fry

See also: stirfry and stir fry

English

Etymology

stir +‎ fry. Coined by Buwei Yang Chao in 1945, in How to Cook and Eat in Chinese.

Verb

stir-fry (third-person singular simple present stir-fries, present participle stir-frying, simple past and past participle stir-fried)

(transitive) To fry quickly in hot oil whilst constantly stirring, especially in a wok or similar pan.

Translations

fry something quickly in hot oil

Afrikaans: roerbraai
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: saltar (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 炒 (caau²)

Mandarin: 炒 (zh) (chǎo)
Czech: osmažit
Dutch: roerbakken (nl)
Finnish: wokata
French: sauter (fr)
German: (fry quickly at great heat) anbraten (de); (emphasizing the stirring) unter ständigem Rühren anbraten; (specialist also) pfannenrühren
Hebrew: הקפיץ (he) (hikpíts)
Hungarian: dobva-rázva süt
Indonesian: gongseng (id), oseng
Italian: rosolare (it), saltare (it)
Japanese: 炒める (ja) (itameru)
Khmer: ឆា (km) (cʰaa), ឆាឆុរ (cʰaa cʰol)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Malay: goreng kilas
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norman: fricachi à la Chinnouaise
Portuguese: refogar (pt)
Russian: жа́рить в ма́сле (žáritʹ v másle)
Spanish: sofreír (es), saltear (es)
Swedish: woka (sv), snabbsteka, sautera (sv)
Tagalog: gisa
Thai: ผัด (th) (pàt)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: xào (vi)
Welsh: tro-ffrio
Zhuang: cauj

Noun

Stir fry in a wok.

stir-fry (countable and uncountable, plural stir-fries or stir-frys)

Food cooked in this manner.

Translations

dish

Afrikaans: roerbraai
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: (fried with rice) 炒飯／炒饭 (zh) (chǎofàn), (fried with noodles) 炒麵／炒面 (zh) (chǎomiàn), 小炒 (xiǎochǎo)
Czech: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: roerbakschotel f, roerbak (nl) m
Esperanto: kirlofritaĵo
Estonian: vokk, vokiroog
Finnish: wokki (fi)
French: sauté (fr) m
German: Pfannengericht n; (in compounds) -pfanne; (traditional dish with stir-fried strips of meat) Geschnetzeltes (de) n
Hebrew: מֻקְפָּץ m (muqpátz)
Hungarian: serpenyős zöldség
Italian: please add this translation if you can
Japanese: 炒め物 (ja) (itame-mono)
Macanese: chau-cháu
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norman: fricachie Chinnouaise f
Portuguese: refogado m
Russian: жарко́е (ru) n (žarkóje)
Spanish: sofrito (es) m, salteado (es) m
Swedish: wok (sv) c
Tagalog: ginisa
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

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