| 烫 | [ tàng ] to scald, to burn (by scalding), to blanch (cooking), to heat (sth) up in hot water, to perm, to iron, scalding hot |
| 烫伤 | [ tàng shāng ] to scald |
| 烫平 | [ tàng píng ] to press (clothes), to iron out (wrinkles) |
| 烫手山芋 | [ tàng shoǔ shān yù ] hot potato, problem, trouble, headache |
| 烫斗 | [ tàng doǔ ] clothes iron |
| 烫衣 | [ tàng yī ] to iron (clothes) |
| 烫衣板 | [ tàng yī bǎn ] ironing board |
| 烫头发 | [ tàng toú fa ] perm, to perm hair |
| 烫发 | [ tàng fà ] perm (hairstyle) |
| ⇒ 死猪不怕开水烫 | [ sǐ zhū bù pà kaī shuǐ tàng ] lit. a dead pig doesn't fear scalding water (idiom), fig. to be unaffected (by sth), undaunted |
| ⇒ 氽烫 | [ tǔn tàng ] to blanch (cooking) |
| ⇒ 滚烫 | [ gǔn tàng ] boiling, scalding |
| ⇒ 火烫 | [ huǒ tàng ] burning hot, fiery, to have one's hair permed with hot curling tongs |
| ⇒ 熨烫 | [ yùn tàng ] to iron (clothes) |
| ⇒ 热烫 | [ rè tàng ] to burn |
| ⇒ 发烫 | [ fā tàng ] burning hot |
| ⇒ 蒸汽挂烫机 | [ zhēng qì guà tàng jī ] garment steamer |
| ⇒ 麻辣烫 | [ má là tàng ] hot spicy soup (often sold in street stalls) |
