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Traditional (Taiwan): 燒

On the HSK 5 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B2.

shāo ㄕㄠ

    • to burn to set on fire
    • to heat (over a fire) to boil (water, tea etc)
    • to braise
    • to cook to prepare food
    • to run a fever
    • fever
    • to become full of oneself to get carried away

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Classifiers (measure words)

to burn

Usually

Less often

to heat

Other words read shāo

In the same tone

  • 稍 shāo somewhat
  • 梢 shāo tip of branch
  • 捎 shāo deliver
  • 旓 shāo serrated edges on a Chinese flag
  • 艄 shāo stern of boat

All 11 words read shāo

shao with other tones

  • 少 shǎo few
  • 哨 shào whistle
  • 召 shào surname Shao
  • 绍 shào continue
  • 勺 sháo spoon

All 25 words read shao in any tone

How 烧 is written

    部首 radical
    火
    笔画 strokes
    10, with 6 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    火尧
    形旁 meaning
    火
    声旁 sound
    尧

    Words with 烧

    Starting with 烧

    • 烧烤 shāokǎo barbecue
    • 烧饼 shāobing baked sesame seed-coated cake
    • 烧毁 shāohuǐ destroy (or be destroyed) by fire
    • 烧制 shāozhì fire
    • 烧香 shāoxiāng burn incense

    All 54 words starting with 烧

    Ending with 烧

    • 燃烧 ránshāo ignite
    • 火烧 huǒshāo set fire to
    • 红烧 hóngshāo braise in soy sauce until reddish-brown
    • 焚烧 fénshāo burn
    • 发烧 fāshāo have a fever

    All 22 words ending with 烧

    Containing 烧

    All 18 words containing 烧

    Example sentences and grammar articles using 烧

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