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

烧钱 shāo qián to burn joss paper; (fig.) to flush money down the toilet
烧锅 shāo guō a still (for distilling alcohol)
烧开 shāo kāi to boil
烧香拜佛 shāo xiāng bài fó to burn incense and worship Buddha
烧高香 shāo gāo xiāng to burn incense; to thank profusely
烧麦 shāo mài shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling; also written 燒賣|烧卖[shao1 mai4]
焖烧锅 mèn shāo guō to casserole; to stew; vacuum flask; cooker
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 liú de qīng shān zài ， bù pà méi chái shāo While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
发烧友 fā shāo yǒu fan; zealot
真金不怕火来烧 zhēn jīn bù pà huǒ lái shāo see 真金不怕火煉|真金不怕火炼[zhen1 jin1 bu4 pa4 huo3 lian4]
蜡烛两头烧 là zhú liǎng tóu shāo to burn the candle at both ends (idiom); to labor under a double burden
野火烧不尽，春风吹又生 yě huǒ shāo bù jìn ， chūn fēng chuī yòu shēng lit. even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows (proverb); fig. cannot be easily eliminated; abbr. to 野火春風|野火春风[ye3 huo3 chun1 feng1]
铜锣烧 tóng luó shāo dorayaki (a Japanese confection)
铁板烧 tiě bǎn shāo teppanyaki
烧光 shāo guāng burned completely; burned to ashes
烧热 shāo rè to heat up
烧掉 shāo diào burn down; completely destroy by fire
烧着 shāo zhe to be burning; to burn continuously
越烧 yuè shāo burn more intensely; the more one thinks, the more one's brain burns; to feel a rising heat or feverish sensation
发高烧 fā gāo shāo to have a high fever
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