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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)
Compound Words (20)
烧香
shāoxiāng
to burn incense
低烧
dīshāo
a low fever (up to 38°C)
叉烧
chāshāo
char siu
烧烤
shāokǎo
barbecue
烧焊
shāohàn
to weld
烧焦
shāojiāo
to burn
烧煤
shāoméi
to burn coal
烧煮
shāozhǔ
to cook
烧毁
shāohuǐ
to burn
烧瓶
shāopíng
laboratory flask
烧硬
shāoyìng
to fire (pottery)
烧红
shāohóng
heat until red
烧纸
shāozhǐ
to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony)
烧结
shāojié
to sinter
烧胎
shāotāi
burnout
烧腊
shāolà
barbecue (Cantonese style)
烧茶
shāochá
to make tea
烧荒
shāohuāng
to clear waste land or forest by burning
烧制
shāozhì
to fire (in a kiln)
烧卖
shāomài
shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 3
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,200
- Word Frequency Rank
- 1,181 of 84,292