shāo

burn; bake; heat; roast

DEFINITIONS

燒 shāo
  • 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

WORDS

利市 shāo lì shì (old) to burn paper money as an offering
到 shāo dào to have a fever reaching (a certain temperature)
包 shāo bāo to forget oneself in extravagance; to burn money
味 shāo wèi siu mei; spit-roasted meat dish in Cantonese cuisine
埋 shāo mái to bury; funeral rites
夷彈 shāo yí dàn fire bomb; incendiary device
寫器 shāo xiě qì programmer (electronics)
心 shāo xīn to worry
杯 shāo bēi beaker (glassware)
死 shāo sǐ to burn to death
毛 shāo máo to singe (textiles)
水 shāo shuǐ to heat water; to boil water
水壺 shāo shuǐ hú kettle
火 shāo huǒ to light a fire for cooking
灼 shāo zhuó to burn; to scorch; to cauterize
灼傷 shāo zhuó shāng burn (injury); scorching
灼感 shāo zhuó gǎn burning pain
灼疼 shāo zhuó téng burning pain
炭 shāo tàn to manufacture charcoal; to burn charcoal (often a reference to suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning)
烤 shāo kǎo barbecue; to roast
烤醬 shāo kǎo jiàng barbecue sauce
焊 shāo hàn to weld
焦 shāo jiāo to burn; to scorch; burned; burning; scorched; charred
煤 shāo méi to burn coal
煮 shāo zhǔ to cook