shāo

Sign in to save this word to your study lists.

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

1 shown
一点水。
Source: Tatoeba.org

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.

Words Containing 烧

焚烧
fén shāo

to burn

燃烧
rán shāo

to ignite

烧烤
shāo kǎo

barbecue

烧毁
shāo huǐ

to burn

发烧
fā shāo

to have a high temperature (from illness)

串烧
chuàn shāo

to cook on a skewer

低烧
dī shāo

a low fever (up to 38°C)

全烧祭
quán shāo jì

burnt offering (Judaism)

叉烧
chā shāo

char siu

叉烧包
chā shāo bāo

steamed bun stuffed with skewer-roasted pork

寿喜烧
shòu xǐ shāo

sukiyaki

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

引火烧身
yǐn huǒ shāo shēn

to invite trouble

惹火烧身
rě huǒ shāo shēn

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

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

日式烧肉
rì shì shāo ròu

yakiniku (Japanese-style grilled meat)

火烧
huǒ shāo

to set fire to

火烧火燎
huǒ shāo huǒ liáo

restless with anxiety

火烧眉毛
huǒ shāo méi mao

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

火烧云
huǒ shāo yún

nuée ardente

焙烧
bèi shāo

to roast

煅烧
duàn shāo

to calcine (purify by heating)

照烧
zhào shāo

teriyaki (Japanese cooking technique)

燃烧剂
rán shāo jì

incendiary agent

燃烧匙
rán shāo chí

deflagrating spoon

燃烧弹
rán shāo dàn

fire bomb

燃烧瓶
rán shāo píng

Molotov cocktail

烧伤
shāo shāng

burn (injury)

烧到
shāo dào

to have a fever reaching (a certain temperature)

烧包
shāo bāo

to forget oneself in extravagance

烧味
shāo wèi

siu mei

烧埋
shāo mái

to bury

烧夷弹
shāo yí dàn

incendiary bomb

烧写器
shāo xiě qì

programmer (electronics)

烧心
shāo xīn

to worry

烧杯
shāo bēi

beaker (glassware)

烧死
shāo sǐ

to burn to death

烧毛
shāo máo

to singe (textiles)

烧水
shāo shuǐ

to heat water

烧水壶
shāo shuǐ hú

kettle

烧火
shāo huǒ

to light a fire for cooking

烧灼
shāo zhuó

to burn

烧灼伤
shāo zhuó shāng

burn (injury)

烧灼感
shāo zhuó gǎn

burning pain

烧灼疼
shāo zhuó téng

burning pain

烧炭
shāo tàn

to manufacture charcoal

烧烤酱
shāo kǎo jiàng

barbecue sauce

烧焊
shāo hàn

to weld

烧焦
shāo jiāo

to burn

烧煤
shāo méi

to burn coal

烧煮
shāo zhǔ

to cook

烧瓶
shāo píng

laboratory flask

烧硬
shāo yìng

to fire (pottery)

烧红
shāo hóng

to heat until red-hot

烧纸
shāo zhǐ

to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony)

烧结
shāo jié

to sinter

烧胎
shāo tāi

burnout

烧腊
shāo là

barbecue (Cantonese style)

烧茄子
shāo qié zi

stewed eggplant

烧茶
shāo chá

to make tea

烧荒
shāo huāng

to clear waste land or forest by burning

烧菜
shāo cài

to cook

烧制
shāo zhì

to fire (in a kiln)

烧卖
shāo mài

shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling

烧酒
shāo jiǔ

name of a famous Tang dynasty wine

烧录
shāo lù

to burn (a CD or DVD)

烧钱
shāo qián

to burn joss paper

烧锅
shāo guō

a still (for distilling alcohol)

烧开
shāo kāi

to boil

烧饼
shāo bing

baked sesame seed-coated cake

烧香
shāo xiāng

to burn incense

烧香拜佛
shāo xiāng bài fó

to burn incense and worship Buddha

烧高香
shāo gāo xiāng

to burn incense

烧碱
shāo jiǎn

caustic soda NaOH

烧麦
shāo mài

shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling

焖烧锅
mèn shāo guō

to casserole

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.

发烧友
fā shāo yǒu

fan

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]

章鱼烧
zhāng yú shāo

takoyaki (octopus dumpling), a Japanese snack food

红烧
hóng shāo

simmer-fried (dish)

红烧肉
hóng shāo ròu

red braised pork

蜡烛两头烧
là zhú liǎng tóu shāo

to burn the candle at both ends (idiom)

退烧
tuì shāo

to reduce fever

退烧药
tuì shāo yào

antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide)

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)

铜锣烧
tóng luó shāo

dorayaki (a Japanese confection)

铁板烧
tiě bǎn shāo

teppanyaki

高烧
gāo shāo

fever