烧 shāo

burn; bake; heat; roast

HSK 3 #1201

DEFINITIONS

  • burn
  • bake
  • heat
  • roast
  • to burn
  • to cook
  • to stew
  • to bake
  • to roast
  • to heat
  • to boil (tea, water etc)
  • fever
  • to run a temperature
  • (coll.) to let things go to one's head

STROKES

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WORDS

发烧 fā shāo
HSK 3
to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever
燃烧 rán shāo
HSK 5
to ignite; to combust; to burn; combustion; flaming
烧烤 shāo kǎo barbecue; to roast
烧伤 shāo shāng burn (injury)
烧毁 shāo huǐ to burn; to burn down
火烧 huǒ shāo to set fire to; to burn down; burning hot; baked cake
焚烧 fén shāo to burn; to set on fire
烧酒 shāo jiǔ name of a famous Tang dynasty wine; same as 白酒[bai2 jiu3]
高烧 gāo shāo fever; high temperature
燃烧弹 rán shāo dàn fire bomb; incendiary device
烧灼 shāo zhuó to burn; to scorch; to cauterize
退烧 tuì shāo to reduce fever
烧夷弹 shāo yí dàn fire bomb; incendiary device
引火烧身 yǐn huǒ shāo shēn to invite trouble
红烧 hóng shāo simmer-fried (dish)
烧瓶 shāo píng laboratory flask
烧杯 shāo bēi beaker (glassware)
烧香 shāo xiāng to burn incense
烧饼 shāo bing baked sesame seed-coated cake
退烧药 tuì shāo yào antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide)
低烧 dī shāo a low fever (up to 38°C)
烧火 shāo huǒ to light a fire for cooking
火烧云 huǒ shāo yún nuée ardente; hot cloud of volcanic ash
烧炭 shāo tàn to manufacture charcoal; to burn charcoal (often a reference to suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning)
烧纸 shāo zhǐ to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony)
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