shāo

to burn; to heat; to cook

HSK 3 #1201

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 1201st character
Radical ⽕ (86.6)
Strokes 10
Index # 2060
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

烧 shāo
  1. 1. to burn
  2. 2. to heat
  3. 3. to cook
  4. 4. to boil (tea, water etc)
  5. 5. fever
  6. 6. to run a temperature
  7. 7. to roast
  8. 8. to bake
  9. 9. to stew
  10. 10. (coll.) to let things go to one's head

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Words containing 烧

Word Meaning
to fire (in a kiln)
restless with anxiety; unbearably hot and anxious
to calcine (purify by heating)
to worry
to clear waste land or forest by burning
caustic soda NaOH
red braised pork
barbecued food on a skewer; to cook on a skewer
burnt offering (Judaism)
barbecued pork; char siu
roast pork bun; cha siu baau
sukiyaki
doing things at the last minute
fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling
to seek favor from the right person
yakiniku (Japanese-style grilled meat)
extreme emergency
to bake (e.g. mineral ore); to roast
teriyaki (Japanese cooking technique)
incendiary agent
combustion spoon; deflagrating spoon
Molotov cocktail
(old) to burn paper money as an offering
to have a fever reaching (a certain temperature)
to forget oneself in extravagance; to burn money