烧 - shāo - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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燒 (烧)

shāo

Definition

to burn
to cook
to stew
to bake
to roast
to heat
to boil (tea, water etc)
fever
to run a temperature
(coll.) to let things go to one's head

Character Decomposition

Related words (73)

burn (injury)

to have a fever reaching (a certain temperature)

to fire (in a kiln)

to forget oneself in extravagance; to burn money

燒賣

shāo mài

shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling; also written 燒麥

燒味

shāo wèi

siu mei; spit-roasted meat dish in Cantonese cuisine

燒埋

shāo mái

to bury; funeral rites

to boil

to burn (a CD or DVD)

to worry

beaker (glassware)

to burn to death

to burn; to burn down

to singe (textiles)

to heat water; to boil water

燒火

shāo huǒ

to light a fire for cooking

燒灼

shāo zhuó

to burn; to scorch; to cauterize

燒炭

shāo tàn

to manufacture charcoal; to burn charcoal (often a reference to suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning)

barbecue; to roast

to weld

to burn; to scorch; burned; burning; scorched; charred

to burn coal

to cook

laboratory flask

to fire (pottery)

caustic soda NaOH

heat until red

to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony)

燒結

shāo jié

to sinter; to agglomerate ore by burning

burnout; peel out

barbecue (Cantonese style)

to make tea

to clear waste land or forest by burning; slash-and-burn (agriculture)

to cook

name of a famous Tang dynasty wine; same as 白酒

燒鍋

shāo guō

a still (for distilling alcohol)

燒餅

shāo bing

baked sesame seed-coated cake

to burn incense

shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling; also written 燒賣

燒利市

shāo lì shì

(old) to burn paper money as an offering

燒夷彈

shāo yí dàn

fire bomb; incendiary device

燒灼傷

shāo zhuó shāng

burn (injury); scorching

burning pain

burning pain

barbecue sauce

stewed eggplant

to burn incense; to thank profusely

串燒

chuàn shāo

to cook on a skewer; barbecued food on a skewer; shish kebab

低燒

dī shāo

a low fever (up to 38°C)

叉燒

chā shāo

char siu; barbecued pork

發燒

fā shāo

to have a fever; fever; to get a fever; to run a fever; to have a temperature; to run a temperature

火燒

huǒ shāo

to set fire to; to burn down; burning hot; baked cake

焙燒

bèi shāo

to roast; to bake (e.g. mineral ore)

焚燒

fén shāo

to burn; to set on fire

煅燒

duàn shāo

to calcine (purify by heating)

燃燒

rán shāo

to ignite; to combust; to burn; combustion; flaming

紅燒

hóng shāo

simmer-fried (dish); braise in soy sauce; red-cooking

to reduce fever

fever; high temperature

全燒祭

quán shāo jì

burnt offering (Judaism)

叉燒包

chā shāo bāo

roast pork bun; BBQ pork bun; pork bun; baozi stuffed with bbq pork; Cha(r) Siu Bao; cha siu baau

fan; zealot

nuée ardente; hot cloud of volcanic ash

燜燒鍋

mèn shāo guō

to casserole; to stew; vacuum flask; cooker

incendiary agent

fire bomb; incendiary device

red braised pork

antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide)

teppanyaki

dorayaki (a Japanese confection)

to invite trouble

restless with anxiety; unbearably hot and anxious

真金不怕火來燒

zhēn jīn bù pà huǒ lái shāo

see 真金不怕火煉

Idioms (4)

惹火燒身

rě huǒ shāo shēn

stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt; (fig.) to suffer on account of one's own meddling

揀佛燒香

jiǎn fó shāo xiāng

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

火燒眉毛

huǒ shāo méi mao

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

蠟燭兩頭燒

là zhú liǎng tóu shāo

to burn the candle at both ends (idiom); to labor under a double burden

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