燙
tàng
scald, heat; wash; iron clothes
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 火
- HSK
- —
- Tone
- 4
Other readings: dàng
Simplified form: 烫
Stroke order
Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 烫, the simplified form of 燙. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.
Example sentences
小心不要烫着自己。
Xiǎo xīn bù yào tàng zhe zì jǐ
Be careful not to burn yourself.
我的额头烧得很烫。
Wǒ de é tóu shāo de hěn tàng
My forehead burned with fever.
我在烫我的手绢。
Wǒ zài tàng wǒ de shǒu juàn
I‘m ironing my handkerchiefs.
土豆太热，以至于烫到了我的嘴。
Tǔ dòu tài rè yǐ zhì yú tàng dào le wǒ de zuǐ
The potato was so hot that it burned my mouth.
Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.
Words containing 烫
- 烫tàng 4to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot