烧 (燒)
shāo
Pinyin

Definition

烧 (燒)
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shāo
  1. to burn
  2. to cook
  3. to stew
  4. to bake
  5. to roast
  6. to heat
  7. to boil (tea, water etc)
  8. fever
  9. to run a temperature
  10. (coll.) to let things go to one's head

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

燃烧
rán shāo
  1. 1 to ignite
  2. 2 to combust
  3. 3 to burn
  4. 4 combustion
  5. 5 flaming
烧
shāo
  1. 1 to burn
  2. 2 to cook
  3. 3 to stew
  4. 4 to bake
  5. 5 to roast
  6. 6 to heat
  7. 7 to boil (tea, water etc)
  8. 8 fever
  9. 9 to run a temperature
  10. 10 (coll.) to let things go to one's head
烧烤
shāo kǎo
  1. 1 barbecue
  2. 2 to roast
发烧
fā shāo
  1. 1 to have a high temperature (from illness)
  2. 2 to have a fever
串烧
chuàn shāo
  1. 1 to cook on a skewer
  2. 2 barbecued food on a skewer
  3. 3 shish kebab

Idioms (6)

平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚
píng shí bù shāo xiāng , lín shí bào fó jiǎo
  1. 1 lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble
  2. 2 doing things at the last minute
  3. 3 to make a hasty last-minute effort (often refers to cramming for exams)
惹火烧身
rě huǒ shāo shēn
  1. 1 stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt
  2. 2 fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling
拣佛烧香
jiǎn fó shāo xiāng
  1. 1 to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right person
火烧眉毛
huǒ shāo méi mao
  1. 1 lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation
  2. 2 extreme emergency
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧
liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo
  1. 1 While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.

Sample Sentences

这道是红烧凤爪，小心骨头。
zhè dào shì hóngshāo fèngzhǎo ，xiǎoxīn gǔtou 。
This is braised chicken feet. Be careful of the bones.
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我是真的很想去四川看看，听说川妹子个个傻白甜，又烧得一手好菜。是理想人妻呢！
wǒ shì zhēnde hěn xiǎngqù Sìchuān kàn kan ，tīngshuō chuānmèizi gègè shǎ bái tián ，yòu shāo de yī shǒu hǎocài 。shì lǐxiǎng rénqī ne ！
I do really want to go and see Sichuan. I hear Sichuan girls are all young, pretty and naive, as well as being able to cook good food. They really make ideal wives!
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好啊好啊，如今网络这么发达，什么都有可能，我就是借着热情而已。嗯，老白你做的这道红烧狮子头味道真是绝了，快和我说说是怎么做的？
hǎo a hǎo a ，rújīn wǎngluò zhème fādá ，shénme dōu yǒu kěnéng ，wǒ jiùshì jièzhe rèqíng éryǐ 。ng4 ，lǎoBái nǐ zuò de zhè dào hóngshāo shīzitóu wèidao zhēn shì jué le ，kuài hé wǒ shuō shuo shì zěnme zuò de ？
OK, OK. The internet is so developed these days, so everything is possible. All I did was make the most of the enthusiasm. Yeah, Laobai, the braised pork dumplings you made taste fantastic. Come on, out with it, how'd you make them?
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等你回来，我一定请你吃蒸羊羔，蒸鹿尾，烧花鸭，烧雏鸡，烧子鹅，卤煮咸鸭……
děng nǐ huílai ，wǒ yīdìng qǐng nǐ chī zhēngyánggāo ，zhēnglùwěi ，shāohuāyā ，shāochújī ，shāozǐé ，lúzhǔxiányā ……
When you return I’ll treat you to steamed lamb, steamed deer tail, roasted duck, roasted chicken, roasted goose, braised salted duck ...
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新官上任三把火，你被烧到了吗？
xīnguānshàngrènsānbǎhuǒ ，nǐ bèi shāo dào le ma ？
A new broom sweeps clean, were you swept?
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我们去吃烧烤，好吗？
wǒmen qù chī shāokǎo ，hǎo ma ？
Let’s go have barbecue, ok?
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日本京都动画公司社长八田英明19日证实，18日火灾将京都动画第一工作室过去全部画作、资料和电脑中储存的作品全部烧毁，损失巨大。
Rìběn Jīngdū dònghuà gōngsī shèzhǎng bātiányīngmíng rì zhèngshí ， rì huǒzāi jiāng Jīngdū dònghuà dìyī gōngzuòshì guòqù quánbù huàzuò 、zīliào hé diànnǎo zhōng chǔcún de zuòpǐn quánbù shāohuǐ ，sǔnshī jùdà 。
Japan’s Kyoto Animation Company’s president, Yasuda Hideaki, confirmed on the 19th that the fire on the 18th destroyed all the paintings, materials and computer-stored works of Kyoto Animation’s first studio.
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我发烧了。
wǒ fāshāo le 。
I had a fever.
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小孩常发烧。
xiǎohái cháng fāshāo 。
Children often have fevers.
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发烧
fā shāo
have a fever
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