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燒

shāo

burn; bake; heat; roast

Strokes
16
Radical
火
HSK
—
Tone
1

Simplified form: 烧

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 烧, the simplified form of 燒. 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

  • 我发烧了。

    Wǒ fā shāo le

    I have a fever.

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  • 你没发烧。

    Nǐ méi fā shāo

    You have no fever.

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  • 烧一点水。

    Shāo yī diǎn shuǐ

    Boil some water.

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  • 你一点也不发烧。

    Nǐ yī diǎn yě bù fā shāo

    You have no fever whatsoever.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 烧

  • 发烧fā shāo 1–1 to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever
  • 烧shāo 1to 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
  • 燃烧rán shāo 2–1 to ignite; to combust; to burn; combustion; flaming
  • 烧烤shāo kǎo 1–3 barbecue; to roast
  • 烧毁shāo huǐ 1–3 to burn; to burn down
  • 焚烧fén shāo 2–1 to burn; to set on fire