烧
烤

Barbecue in Chinese: 烧烤 (shāo kǎo)

shāo kǎo

barbecue

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 燒烤1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1barbecue
  2. 2to roast

Stroke order

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烧
烤

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄠ

shāo

ㄕ/ shㄠ/ ao—/ first tone

ㄎㄠˇ

kǎo

ㄎ/ kㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

烧烤

Simplified

燒烤

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 周末我们去河边烧烤吧。

    zhōu mò wǒ men qù hé biān shāo kǎo ba。

    Let's go have a barbecue by the river this weekend.

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Related words

烧

shāo

to burn

烤

kǎo

to roast

发烧

fā shāo

to have a high temperature (from illness)

烤鸭

kǎo yā

roast duck

燃烧

rán shāo

to ignite

烤肉

kǎo ròu

barbecue (lit. roast meat)

焚烧

fén shāo

to burn

烧毁

shāo huǐ

to burn

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