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燒

Simplified: 烧

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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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
  • 紹 shào continue
  • 勺 sháo spoon

All 25 words read shao in any tone

How 燒 is written

    部首 radical
    火
    笔画 strokes
    16, with 12 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    火堯
    形旁 meaning
    火
    声旁 sound
    堯

    Words with 燒

    Starting with 燒

    • 燒烤 shāokǎo barbecue
    • 燒餅 shāobing baked sesame seed-coated cake
    • 燒燬 shāohuǐ destroy (or be destroyed) by fire
    • 燒製 shāozhì fire
    • 燒香 shāoxiāng burn incense

    All 54 words starting with 燒

    Ending with 燒

    • 燃燒 ránshāo ignite
    • 火燒 huǒshāo set fire to
    • 紅燒 hóngshāo braise in soy sauce until reddish-brown
    • 焚燒 fénshāo burn
    • 發燒 fāshāo have a fever

    All 22 words ending with 燒

    Containing 燒

    All 18 words containing 燒

    Example sentences and grammar articles using 燒

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