炒作 (chǎo zuò) means “to hype; to promote (in the media)”. It is an HSK 6 Chinese word in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
Practice each character:
媒体炒作这个新闻。
Méitǐ chǎozuò zhège xīnwén.
The media is hyping this news.
Updated: 2026-07-18