烧

To burn in Chinese: 烧 (shāo)

shāo

to burn

HSK 3.0 Level 4Traditional: 燒1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to burn
  2. 2to cook
  3. 3to stew
  4. 4to bake
  5. 5to roast
  6. 6to heat
  7. 7to boil (tea, water etc)
  8. 8fever
  9. 9to run a temperature
  10. 10(coll.) to let things go to one's head

Stroke order

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烧

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄠ

shāo

ㄕ/ shㄠ/ ao—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

烧

Simplified

燒

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 妈妈在厨房烧鱼给我们吃。

    mā ma zài chú fáng shāo yú gěi wǒ men chī。

    Mom is cooking fish in the kitchen for us.

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Related words

发烧

fā shāo

to have a high temperature (from illness)

燃烧

rán shāo

to ignite

焚烧

fén shāo

to burn

烧毁

shāo huǐ

to burn

烧烤

shāo kǎo

barbecue

设置

shè zhì

to set up

身高

shēn gāo

(a person's) height

深厚

shēn hòu

deep

诗人

shī rén

bard

湿

shī

moist

实施

shí shī

to implement

食堂

shí táng

dining hall

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