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烧
燒
shāo
1. to burn
2. to cook
3. to stew
4. to bake
5. to roast
6. to boil (tea, water etc)
7. fever
Very Common • Top 1%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

烧
shāo
to burn, to bake; to heat, to roast
HSK 3 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

串烧
chuànshāo
to cook on a skewer
低烧
dīshāo
a low fever (up to 38°C)
叉烧
chāshāo
char siu
火烧
huǒshāo
to set fire to
焙烧
bèishāo
to roast
焚烧
fénshāo
to burn
煅烧
duànshāo
to calcine (purify by heating)
燃烧
ránshāo
to ignite
HSK 5
烧伤
shāoshāng
burn (injury)
烧到
shāodào
to have a fever reaching (a certain temperature)
烧包
shāobāo
to forget oneself in extravagance
烧味
shāowèi
siu mei
烧埋
shāomái
to bury
烧心
shāoxīn
to worry
烧杯
shāobēi
beaker (glassware)
烧死
shāosǐ
to burn to death
烧毛
shāomáo
to singe (textiles)
烧水
shāoshuǐ
to heat water
烧火
shāohuǒ
to light a fire for cooking
烧灼
shāozhuó
to burn

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
1,200
Word Frequency Rank
1,181 of 84,292

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