# 炒作 (chǎozuò)

In Mandarin Chinese, 炒作 (chǎozuò) means “to hype; to drum up publicity”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to hype; to drum up publicity
- Pinyin: chǎozuò (chao3 zuo4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 这条新闻是媒体故意炒作出来的。
  Zhè tiáo xīnwén shì méitǐ gùyì chǎozuò chūlái de.
  This news was deliberately hyped up by the media.

## Characters

- [炒](https://hanziro.com/word/chao-stir-fry/) (chǎo): to stir-fry; to speculate (investing)
- [作](https://hanziro.com/word/zuo-write/) (zuò): to write; to compose

https://hanziro.com/word/chao-zuo-hype/

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