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
vacuum flask; cooker; to stew
While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
to have a fever; to have a high temperature (from illness)
fan; zealot
simmer-fried (dish)
red braised pork
to burn the candle at both ends (idiom)
to reduce fever
antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide)
cannot be wiped out; keeps coming back
dorayaki (a Japanese confection)
teppanyaki
high temperature; fever
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