shāo

to burn; to heat; to cook

Character data

Radical ⽕ (86.12)
Strokes 16
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

燒 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

Words containing 燒

Word Meaning
(old) to burn paper money as an offering
to have a fever reaching (a certain temperature)
to forget oneself in extravagance; to burn money
siu mei; spit-roasted meat dish in Cantonese cuisine
to bury; funeral rites
fire bomb; incendiary device
programmer (electronics)
to worry
beaker (glassware)
to burn to death
to singe (textiles)
to boil water; to heat water
kettle
to light a fire for cooking
to scorch; to burn; to cauterize
burn (injury); scorching
burning pain
burning pain
burn charcoal; commit suicide by charcoal gas
barbecue; to roast
barbecue sauce
to weld
to scorch; scorched; to burn
to burn coal
to cook