鑊氣
huò​qì

wok hei

  • created sense approved 镬气/鑊氣 · huò​qì · wok hei — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    镬气 / 鑊氣

    huò​qì

    wok hei

    The distinctive smoky and charred flavor imparted to food by stir-frying in a wok over an extremely high flame; a borrowing from Cantonese.

    镬 (literal) → 镬/鑊 · huò · wok 气 (literal) → 气/氣 · qì · smell

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense