炒caau2作zok3

English

1. to hype
2. to promote (in the media)
3. to promote; to boostunreviewed?
4. to speculate; to ventureunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 透過人為刻意操作製造某種效果去達成目的。unreviewed?
2. 對未經核實嘅資訊，加上冇實質證據嘅推測unreviewed?

Examples

• 「睇吓，睇吓！有張 CD 可以令你喺一個星期內就可以流利噉講英文。」「白痴，噉一定只係炒作。」

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• unreviewed?

  香港股票炒作嘅風氣好犀利。

  The trend of stock speculation is very strong in Hong Kong.

• unreviewed?

  呢單新聞都係炒作架啫，未必係真嘅。

  This piece of news is just for promotion, it may not be real.