tàng

scald, heat; wash; iron clothes

DEFINITIONS

燙 tàng
  • to scald
  • to burn (by scalding)
  • to blanch (cooking)
  • to heat (sth) up in hot water
  • to perm
  • to iron
  • scalding hot

WORDS

死豬不怕開水 sǐ zhū bù pà kāi shuǐ tàng lit. a dead pig doesn't fear scalding water (idiom); fig. to be unaffected (by sth); undaunted
tǔn tàng to blanch (cooking)
gǔn tàng boiling; scalding
huǒ tàng burning hot; fiery; to have one's hair permed with hot curling tongs
yùn tàng to iron (clothes)
rè tàng to burn
傷 tàng shāng to scald
平 tàng píng to press (clothes); to iron out (wrinkles)
手山芋 tàng shǒu shān yù hot potato; problem; trouble; headache
斗 tàng dǒu clothes iron
衣 tàng yī to iron (clothes)
衣板 tàng yī bǎn ironing board
頭髮 tàng tóu fa perm; to perm hair
髮 tàng fà perm (hairstyle)
fā tàng burning hot
蒸汽掛機 zhēng qì guà tàng jī garment steamer
麻辣 má là tàng hot spicy soup (often sold in street stalls)
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