烧
to burn; to set on fire · to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, t…
Stroke Order · 10 strokes (click to expand)
Click the button below to start stroke animation
Character Decomposition
烧=火+尧
Etymology
fire
Meanings
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
(coll.) to become full of oneself; to get carried away
Loading examples…
Words with 烧 233 total
a low fever (up to 38°C)低烧dī shāochar siu · barbecued pork叉烧chā shāoto roast · to bake (e.g. mineral ore)焙烧bèi shāoto burn · to set on fire焚烧fén shāoto destroy (or be destroyed) by fire烧毁shāo huǐto light a fire for cooking烧火shāo huǒname of a famous Tang dynasty wine · same as 白酒烧酒shāo jiǔto bury · funeral rites烧埋shāo máishumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling烧卖shāo mài
Idioms with 烧 22 total
restless with anxiety · to feel unbearably painful or hot火烧火燎huǒ shāo huǒ liǎolit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation · extreme emergency火烧眉毛huǒ shāo méi maoto choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right person拣佛烧香jiǎn fó shāo xiāngWhile the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.留得青山在，不怕没柴烧liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo