烧

shāo

“To burn” in Chinese is 烧 (shāo).

Other characters with the syllable shao: see all 8 →

Meaning

to burn; to set on fire
to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc)
to braise

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to cook; to prepare food
to run a fever
fever
(coll.) to become full of oneself; to get carried away

Example

我发烧了。

I have a fever.

From 发烧 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Words containing 烧

发烧fāshāoto have a high temperature (from illness); to have a feverHSK 4 燃烧ránshāoto igniteHSK 4 焚烧fénshāoto burnHSK 7-9 烧毁shāohuǐto destroy (or be destroyed) by fireHSK 7-9 烧烤shāokǎobarbecueHSK 7-9

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