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shāo
HSK 3.0 Level 4

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Definitions

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

Example Sentences

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一点水。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 392263)

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Words Containing 烧

低烧
dī shāo

a low fever (up to 38°C)

发烧友
fā shāo yǒu

fan

寿喜烧
shòu xǐ shāo

sukiyaki

烧碱
shāo jiǎn

caustic soda NaOH

烧钱
shāo qián

to burn joss paper

烧胎
shāo tāi

burnout

烧红
shāo hóng

to heat until red-hot

章鱼烧
zhāng yú shāo

takoyaki (octopus dumpling), a Japanese snack food

烧灼
shāo zhuó

to burn

烧煮
shāo zhǔ

to cook

照烧
zhào shāo

teriyaki (Japanese cooking technique)

烧香拜佛
shāo xiāng bài fó

to burn incense and worship Buddha

红烧肉
hóng shāo ròu

red braised pork

燃烧瓶
rán shāo píng

Molotov cocktail

引火烧身
yǐn huǒ shāo shēn

to invite trouble

烧火
shāo huǒ

to light a fire for cooking

烧死
shāo sǐ

to burn to death

烧菜
shāo cài

to cook

烧腊
shāo là

barbecue (Cantonese style)

烧开
shāo kāi

to boil

烧录
shāo lù

to burn (a CD or DVD)

烧包
shāo bāo

to forget oneself in extravagance

红烧
hóng shāo

simmer-fried (dish)

烧茶
shāo chá

to make tea

烧心
shāo xīn

to worry

真金不怕火来烧
zhēn jīn bù pà huǒ lái shāo

see 真金不怕火煉|真金不怕火炼[zhēn jīn bù pà huǒ liàn]

烧茄子
shāo qié zi

stewed eggplant

火烧眉毛
huǒ shāo méi mao

lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation

火烧火燎
huǒ shāo huǒ liáo

restless with anxiety

烧写器
shāo xiě qì

programmer (electronics)

烧香
shāo xiāng

to burn incense

惹火烧身
rě huǒ shāo shēn

stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt

烧锅
shāo guō

a still (for distilling alcohol)

烧炭
shāo tàn

to manufacture charcoal

铜锣烧
tóng luó shāo

dorayaki (a Japanese confection)

焙烧
bèi shāo

to roast

烧瓶
shāo píng

laboratory flask

烧毛
shāo máo

to singe (textiles)

烧灼伤
shāo zhuó shāng

burn (injury)

日式烧肉
rì shì shāo ròu

yakiniku (Japanese-style grilled meat)

烧纸
shāo zhǐ

to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony)

烧卖
shāo mài

shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling

烧烤酱
shāo kǎo jiàng

barbecue sauce

发烧
fā shāo

to have a high temperature (from illness)

全烧祭
quán shāo jì

burnt offering (Judaism)

拣佛烧香
jiǎn fó shāo xiāng

to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right person

烧水壶
shāo shuǐ hú

kettle

火烧云
huǒ shāo yún

nuée ardente

高烧
gāo shāo

fever

烧硬
shāo yìng

to fire (pottery)

叉烧包
chā shāo bāo

steamed bun stuffed with skewer-roasted pork

烧结
shāo jié

to sinter

烧埋
shāo mái

to bury

铁板烧
tiě bǎn shāo

teppanyaki

退烧
tuì shāo

to reduce fever

燃烧剂
rán shāo jì

incendiary agent

烧灼疼
shāo zhuó téng

burning pain

串烧
chuàn shāo

to cook on a skewer

烧烤
shāo kǎo

barbecue

烧夷弹
shāo yí dàn

incendiary bomb

留得青山在,不怕没柴烧
liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo

While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.

烧灼感
shāo zhuó gǎn

burning pain

野火烧不尽,春风吹又生
yě huǒ shāo bù jìn , chūn fēng chuī yòu shēng

lit. even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows (proverb)

烧荒
shāo huāng

to clear waste land or forest by burning

火烧
huǒ shāo

to set fire to

退烧药
tuì shāo yào

antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide)

烧饼
shāo bing

baked sesame seed-coated cake

烧酒
shāo jiǔ

name of a famous Tang dynasty wine

焖烧锅
mèn shāo guō

to casserole

燃烧匙
rán shāo chí

deflagrating spoon

烧水
shāo shuǐ

to heat water

平时不烧香,临时抱佛脚
píng shí bù shāo xiāng , lín shí bào fó jiǎo

lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble

烧味
shāo wèi

siu mei

烧焦
shāo jiāo

to burn

煅烧
duàn shāo

to calcine (purify by heating)

叉烧
chā shāo

char siu

烧高香
shāo gāo xiāng

to burn incense

烧煤
shāo méi

to burn coal

烧杯
shāo bēi

beaker (glassware)

焚烧
fén shāo

to burn

烧制
shāo zhì

to fire (in a kiln)

烧焊
shāo hàn

to weld

烧伤
shāo shāng

burn (injury)

燃烧弹
rán shāo dàn

fire bomb

烧毁
shāo huǐ

to burn

蜡烛两头烧
là zhú liǎng tóu shāo

to burn the candle at both ends (idiom)

烧麦
shāo mài

shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling

烧到
shāo dào

to have a fever reaching (a certain temperature)

燃烧
rán shāo

to ignite