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

WORDS

烧制 shāo zhì to fire (in a kiln)
火烧火燎 huǒ shāo huǒ liáo restless with anxiety; unbearably hot and anxious
煅烧 duàn shāo to calcine (purify by heating)
烧心 shāo xīn to worry
烧荒 shāo huāng to clear waste land or forest by burning; slash-and-burn (agriculture)
烧碱 shāo jiǎn caustic soda NaOH
红烧肉 hóng shāo ròu red braised pork
串烧 chuàn shāo to cook on a skewer; barbecued food on a skewer; shish kebab
全烧祭 quán shāo jì burnt offering (Judaism)
叉烧 chā shāo char siu; barbecued pork
叉烧包 chā shāo bāo roast pork bun; cha siu baau
寿喜烧 shòu xǐ shāo sukiyaki
平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚 píng shí bù shāo xiāng ， lín shí bào fó jiǎo lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble; doing things at the last minute; to make a hasty last-minute effort (often refers to cramming for exams)
惹火烧身 rě huǒ shāo shēn stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt; fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling
拣佛烧香 jiǎn fó shāo xiāng to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right person
日式烧肉 rì shì shāo ròu yakiniku (Japanese-style grilled meat)
火烧眉毛 huǒ shāo méi mao lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation; extreme emergency
焙烧 bèi shāo to roast; to bake (e.g. mineral ore)
照烧 zhào shāo teriyaki (Japanese cooking technique)
燃烧剂 rán shāo jì incendiary agent
燃烧匙 rán shāo chí deflagrating spoon; combustion spoon
燃烧瓶 rán shāo píng Molotov cocktail
烧利市 shāo lì shì (old) to burn paper money as an offering
烧到 shāo dào to have a fever reaching (a certain temperature)
烧包 shāo bāo to forget oneself in extravagance; to burn money
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