燒 (shāo)
to burn; to cook; fever
How 燒 is written
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 火 — fire
- Traditional
- 燒
- Simplified
- 烧
Common words using 燒
- 燃燒 ránshāo
- to ignite; to combust; to burn
- 燒烤 shāokǎo
- barbecue; to roast
- 發燒 fāshāo
- to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever
- 串燒 chuànshāo
- to cook on a skewer; barbecued food on a skewer; shish kebab
- 低燒 dīshāo
- a low fever (up to 38°C)
- 叉燒 chāshāo
- char siu; barbecued pork
- 火燒 huǒshāo
- to set fire to; to burn down; burning hot
- 燒掉 shāodiào
- to burn; to char; to cremate
- 燒紙 shāozhǐ
- to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony)
- 燒開 shāokāi
- to boil
- 燒餅 shāobing
- baked sesame seed-coated cake; stupid cunt (vulgar), variant of 傻屄[sha3 bi1]
- 燒香 shāoxiāng
- to burn incense
燒 in a sentence
他發燒了，今天請假在家休息。
Tā fāshāo le, jīntiān qǐngjià zài jiā xiūxí.
“He has a fever and took the day off to rest at home.”
How common is 燒?
燒 is the 1,199th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 91.9% of all running text.
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