Chinese symbol for “blanch”
焯
chāo
to blanch; to parboil
The closest CC-CEDICT match for blanch is 焯 (chāo), defined as: to blanch; to parboil.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “blanch”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 炸 | zhá | to deep fry; (coll.) to blanch (a vegetable) |
| 白灼 | bái zhuó | to blanch (thin slices of vegetables, fish etc) |
| 烫 (燙) | tàng | to scald; to burn (by scalding) |
| 氽烫 (氽燙) | tǔn tàng | to blanch (cooking) |
| 焯水 | chāo shuǐ | to blanch; to parboil |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 焯.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 焯水 | chāo shuǐ | to blanch; to parboil |
See also: Japanese symbol for “blanch”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.