| 烧 | [ shaō ] to 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 |
| 烧伤 | [ shaō shāng ] burn (injury) |
| 烧利市 | [ shaō lì shì ] (old) to burn paper money as an offering |
| 烧到 | [ shaō daò ] to have a fever reaching (a certain temperature) |
| 烧包 | [ shaō baō ] to forget oneself in extravagance, to burn money |
| 烧味 | [ shaō weì ] siu mei, spit-roasted meat dish in Cantonese cuisine |
| 烧埋 | [ shaō maí ] to bury, funeral rites |
| 烧夷弹 | [ shaō yí dàn ] fire bomb, incendiary device |
| 烧写器 | [ shaō xiě qì ] programmer (electronics) |
| 烧心 | [ shaō xīn ] to worry |
| 烧杯 | [ shaō beī ] beaker (glassware) |
| 烧死 | [ shaō sǐ ] to burn to death |
| 烧毛 | [ shaō maó ] to singe (textiles) |
| 烧水 | [ shaō shuǐ ] to heat water, to boil water |
| 烧水壶 | [ shaō shuǐ hú ] kettle |
| 烧火 | [ shaō huǒ ] to light a fire for cooking |
| 烧灼 | [ shaō zhuó ] to burn, to scorch, to cauterize |
| 烧灼伤 | [ shaō zhuó shāng ] burn (injury), scorching |
| 烧灼感 | [ shaō zhuó gǎn ] burning pain |
| 烧灼疼 | [ shaō zhuó téng ] burning pain |
| 烧炭 | [ shaō tàn ] to manufacture charcoal, to burn charcoal (often a reference to suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning) |
| 烧烤 | [ shaō kaǒ ] barbecue, to roast |
| 烧烤酱 | [ shaō kaǒ jiàng ] barbecue sauce |
| 烧焊 | [ shaō hàn ] to weld |
| 烧焦 | [ shaō ] to burn, to scorch, burned, burning, scorched, charred |
| 烧煤 | [ shaō meí ] to burn coal |
| 烧煮 | [ shaō zhǔ ] to cook |
| 烧毁 | [ shaō huǐ ] to burn, to burn down |
| 烧瓶 | [ shaō píng ] laboratory flask |
| 烧硬 | [ shaō yìng ] to fire (pottery) |
| 烧红 | [ shaō hóng ] to heat until red-hot |
| 烧纸 | [ shaō zhǐ ] to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony) |
| 烧结 | [ shaō jié ] to sinter, to agglomerate ore by burning |
| 烧胎 | [ shaō taī ] burnout, peel out |
| 烧腊 | [ shaō là ] barbecue (Cantonese style) |
| 烧茄子 | [ shaō qié zi ] stewed eggplant |
| 烧茶 | [ shaō chá ] to make tea |
| 烧荒 | [ shaō huāng ] to clear waste land or forest by burning, slash-and-burn (agriculture) |
| 烧菜 | [ shaō caì ] to cook |
| 烧制 | [ shaō zhì ] to fire (in a kiln) |
| 烧卖 | [ shaō maì ] shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling, also written 燒麥|烧麦[shao1 mai4] |
| 烧酒 | [ shaō jiǔ ] name of a famous Tang dynasty wine, same as 白酒[bai2 jiu3] |
| 烧录 | [ shaō lù ] to burn (a CD or DVD) |
| 烧钱 | [ shaō qián ] to burn joss paper, (fig.) to flush money down the toilet |
| 烧锅 | [ shaō guō ] a still (for distilling alcohol) |
| 烧开 | [ shaō kaī ] to boil |
| 烧饼 | [ shaō bing ] baked sesame seed-coated cake |
| 烧香 | [ shaō xiāng ] to burn incense |
| 烧香拜佛 | [ shaō xiāng baì fó ] to burn incense and worship Buddha |
| 烧高香 | [ shaō gaō xiāng ] to burn incense, to thank profusely |
| 烧碱 | [ shaō jiǎn ] caustic soda NaOH |
| 烧麦 | [ shaō maì ] shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling, also written 燒賣|烧卖[shao1 mai4] |
| ⇒ 串烧 | [ chuàn shaō ] to cook on a skewer, barbecued food on a skewer, shish kebab, (fig.) to perform or play songs in sequence, sequence of songs, medley |
| ⇒ 低烧 | [ dī shaō ] a low fever (up to 38°C) |
| ⇒ 全烧祭 | [ quán shaō jì ] burnt offering (Judaism) |
| ⇒ 叉烧 | [ chā shaō ] char siu, barbecued pork |
| ⇒ 叉烧包 | [ chā shaō baō ] roast pork bun, cha siu baau |
| ⇒ 寿喜烧 | [ shoù xǐ shaō ] sukiyaki |
| ⇒ 平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚 | [ píng shí bù shaō xiāng lín shí baò fó ] lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble, doing things at the last minute, to make a hasty last-minute effort (often refers to cramming for exams) |
| ⇒ 引火烧身 | [ yǐn huǒ shaō shēn ] to invite trouble |
| ⇒ 惹火烧身 | [ rě huǒ shaō shēn ] stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt, fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling |
| ⇒ 拣佛烧香 | [ jiǎn fó shaō xiāng ] to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right person |
| ⇒ 日式烧肉 | [ rì shì shaō roù ] yakiniku (Japanese-style grilled meat) |
| ⇒ 火烧 | [ huǒ shaō ] to set fire to, to burn down, burning hot, baked cake |
| ⇒ 火烧火燎 | [ huǒ shaō huǒ ] restless with anxiety, unbearably hot and anxious |
| ⇒ 火烧眉毛 | [ huǒ shaō meí mao ] lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation, extreme emergency |
| ⇒ 火烧云 | [ huǒ shaō yún ] nuée ardente, hot cloud of volcanic ash |
| ⇒ 焙烧 | [ beì shaō ] to roast, to bake (e.g. mineral ore) |
| ⇒ 焚烧 | [ fén shaō ] to burn, to set on fire |
| ⇒ 煅烧 | [ duàn shaō ] to calcine (purify by heating) |
| ⇒ 照烧 | [ zhaò shaō ] teriyaki (Japanese cooking technique) |
| ⇒ 燃烧 | [ rán shaō ] to ignite, to combust, to burn, combustion, flaming |
| ⇒ 燃烧剂 | [ rán shaō jì ] incendiary agent |
| ⇒ 燃烧匙 | [ rán shaō chí ] deflagrating spoon, combustion spoon |
| ⇒ 燃烧弹 | [ rán shaō dàn ] fire bomb, incendiary device |
| ⇒ 燃烧瓶 | [ rán shaō píng ] Molotov cocktail |
| ⇒ 焖烧锅 | [ mèn shaō guō ] to casserole, to stew, vacuum flask, cooker |
| ⇒ 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 | [ liú de qīng shān zaì bù pà meí chaí shaō ] While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope. |
| ⇒ 发烧 | [ fā shaō ] to have a high temperature (from illness), to have a fever |
| ⇒ 发烧友 | [ fā shaō yoǔ ] fan, zealot |
| ⇒ 真金不怕火来烧 | [ zhēn jīn bù pà huǒ laí shaō ] see 真金不怕火煉|真金不怕火炼[zhen1 jin1 bu4 pa4 huo3 lian4] |
| ⇒ 红烧 | [ hóng shaō ] simmer-fried (dish) |
| ⇒ 红烧肉 | [ hóng shaō roù ] red braised pork |
| ⇒ 蜡烛两头烧 | [ là zhú liǎng toú shaō ] to burn the candle at both ends (idiom), to labor under a double burden |
| ⇒ 退烧 | [ tuì shaō ] to reduce fever |
| ⇒ 退烧药 | [ tuì shaō yaò ] antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide) |
| ⇒ 野火烧不尽，春风吹又生 | [ yě huǒ shaō bù jìn chūn fēng chuī yoù shēng ] lit. even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows (proverb), fig. cannot be easily eliminated, abbr. to 野火春風|野火春风[ye3 huo3 chun1 feng1] |
| ⇒ 铜锣烧 | [ tóng luó shaō ] dorayaki (a Japanese confection) |
| ⇒ 铁板烧 | [ tiě bǎn shaō ] teppanyaki |
| ⇒ 高烧 | [ gaō shaō ] fever, high temperature |
