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烫
燙
tàng
1. to scald
2. to burn (by scalding)
3. to blanch (cooking)
4. to heat (sth) up in hot water
5. to perm
6. to iron
7. scalding hot
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 6%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

烫
tàng
to scald; to iron clothes or hair
HSK 5 10 丶

Compound Words (16)

氽烫
tǔntàng
to blanch (cooking)
滚烫
gǔntàng
boiling
火烫
huǒtàng
burning hot
熨烫
yùntàng
to iron (clothes)
热烫
rètàng
to burn
烫伤
tàngshāng
to scald
烫平
tàngpíng
to press (clothes)
烫斗
tàngdǒu
clothes iron
烫衣
tàngyī
to iron (clothes)
烫发
tàngfà
perm (hairstyle)
发烫
fātàng
burning hot
烫头发
tàngtóufa
perm
麻辣烫
málàtàng
hot spicy soup (often sold in street stalls)
烫衣板
tàngyībǎn
ironing board
烫手山芋
tàngshǒushānyù
hot potato
蒸汽挂烫机
zhēngqìguàtàngjī
garment steamer

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
2,902
Word Frequency Rank
4,693 of 84,292

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