| 燒 | [ 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 |
| 燒傷 | [ shaō shāng ] burn (injury) |
| 燒利市 | [ shaō lì shì ] (old) to burn paper money as an offering |
| 燒到 | [ shaō daò ] to have a fever reaching (a certain temperature) |
| 燒包 | [ shaō baō ] to forget oneself in extravagance, to burn money |
| 燒味 | [ shaō weì ] siu mei, spit-roasted meat dish in Cantonese cuisine |
| 燒埋 | [ shaō maí ] to bury, funeral rites |
| 燒夷彈 | [ shaō yí dàn ] fire bomb, incendiary device |
| 燒寫器 | [ shaō xiě qì ] programmer (electronics) |
| 燒心 | [ shaō xīn ] to worry |
| 燒杯 | [ shaō beī ] beaker (glassware) |
| 燒死 | [ shaō sǐ ] to burn to death |
| 燒毛 | [ shaō maó ] to singe (textiles) |
| 燒水 | [ shaō shuǐ ] to heat water, to boil water |
| 燒水壺 | [ shaō shuǐ hú ] kettle |
| 燒火 | [ shaō huǒ ] to light a fire for cooking |
| 燒灼 | [ shaō zhuó ] to burn, to scorch, to cauterize |
| 燒灼傷 | [ shaō zhuó shāng ] burn (injury), scorching |
| 燒灼感 | [ shaō zhuó gǎn ] burning pain |
| 燒灼疼 | [ shaō zhuó téng ] burning pain |
| 燒炭 | [ shaō tàn ] to manufacture charcoal, to burn charcoal (often a reference to suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning) |
| 燒烤 | [ shaō kaǒ ] barbecue, to roast |
| 燒烤醬 | [ shaō kaǒ jiàng ] barbecue sauce |
| 燒焊 | [ shaō hàn ] to weld |
| 燒焦 | [ shaō ] to burn, to scorch, burned, burning, scorched, charred |
| 燒煤 | [ shaō meí ] to burn coal |
| 燒煮 | [ shaō zhǔ ] to cook |
| 燒燬 | [ shaō huǐ ] to burn, to burn down |
| 燒瓶 | [ shaō píng ] laboratory flask |
| 燒硬 | [ shaō yìng ] to fire (pottery) |
| 燒紅 | [ shaō hóng ] to heat until red-hot |
| 燒紙 | [ shaō zhǐ ] to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony) |
| 燒結 | [ shaō jié ] to sinter, to agglomerate ore by burning |
| 燒胎 | [ shaō taī ] burnout, peel out |
| 燒臘 | [ shaō là ] barbecue (Cantonese style) |
| 燒茄子 | [ shaō qié zi ] stewed eggplant |
| 燒茶 | [ shaō chá ] to make tea |
| 燒荒 | [ shaō huāng ] to clear waste land or forest by burning, slash-and-burn (agriculture) |
| 燒菜 | [ shaō caì ] to cook |
| 燒製 | [ shaō zhì ] to fire (in a kiln) |
| 燒賣 | [ shaō maì ] shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling, also written 燒麥|烧麦[shao1 mai4] |
| 燒酒 | [ shaō jiǔ ] name of a famous Tang dynasty wine, same as 白酒[bai2 jiu3] |
| 燒錄 | [ shaō lù ] to burn (a CD or DVD) |
| 燒錢 | [ shaō qián ] to burn joss paper, (fig.) to flush money down the toilet |
| 燒鍋 | [ shaō guō ] a still (for distilling alcohol) |
| 燒開 | [ shaō kaī ] to boil |
| 燒餅 | [ shaō bing ] baked sesame seed-coated cake |
| 燒香 | [ shaō xiāng ] to burn incense |
| 燒香拜佛 | [ shaō xiāng baì fó ] to burn incense and worship Buddha |
| 燒高香 | [ shaō gaō xiāng ] to burn incense, to thank profusely |
| 燒鹼 | [ shaō jiǎn ] caustic soda NaOH |
| 燒麥 | [ shaō maì ] shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling, also written 燒賣|烧卖[shao1 mai4] |
| ⇒ 串燒 | [ 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 |
| ⇒ 低燒 | [ dī shaō ] a low fever (up to 38°C) |
| ⇒ 全燒祭 | [ quán shaō jì ] burnt offering (Judaism) |
| ⇒ 叉燒 | [ chā shaō ] char siu, barbecued pork |
| ⇒ 叉燒包 | [ chā shaō baō ] roast pork bun, cha siu baau |
| ⇒ 壽喜燒 | [ shoù xǐ shaō ] sukiyaki |
| ⇒ 平時不燒香，臨時抱佛腳 | [ 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) |
| ⇒ 引火燒身 | [ yǐn huǒ shaō shēn ] to invite trouble |
| ⇒ 惹火燒身 | [ 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 |
| ⇒ 揀佛燒香 | [ jiǎn fó shaō xiāng ] to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right person |
| ⇒ 日式燒肉 | [ rì shì shaō roù ] yakiniku (Japanese-style grilled meat) |
| ⇒ 火燒 | [ huǒ shaō ] to set fire to, to burn down, burning hot, baked cake |
| ⇒ 火燒火燎 | [ huǒ shaō huǒ ] restless with anxiety, unbearably hot and anxious |
| ⇒ 火燒眉毛 | [ huǒ shaō meí mao ] lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation, extreme emergency |
| ⇒ 火燒雲 | [ huǒ shaō yún ] nuée ardente, hot cloud of volcanic ash |
| ⇒ 焙燒 | [ beì shaō ] to roast, to bake (e.g. mineral ore) |
| ⇒ 焚燒 | [ fén shaō ] to burn, to set on fire |
| ⇒ 煅燒 | [ duàn shaō ] to calcine (purify by heating) |
| ⇒ 照燒 | [ zhaò shaō ] teriyaki (Japanese cooking technique) |
| ⇒ 燃燒 | [ rán shaō ] to ignite, to combust, to burn, combustion, flaming |
| ⇒ 燃燒劑 | [ rán shaō jì ] incendiary agent |
| ⇒ 燃燒匙 | [ rán shaō chí ] deflagrating spoon, combustion spoon |
| ⇒ 燃燒彈 | [ rán shaō dàn ] fire bomb, incendiary device |
| ⇒ 燃燒瓶 | [ rán shaō píng ] Molotov cocktail |
| ⇒ 燜燒鍋 | [ mèn shaō guō ] to casserole, to stew, vacuum flask, cooker |
| ⇒ 留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒 | [ 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. |
| ⇒ 發燒 | [ fā shaō ] to have a high temperature (from illness), to have a fever |
| ⇒ 發燒友 | [ fā shaō yoǔ ] fan, zealot |
| ⇒ 真金不怕火來燒 | [ 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] |
| ⇒ 紅燒 | [ hóng shaō ] simmer-fried (dish) |
| ⇒ 紅燒肉 | [ hóng shaō roù ] red braised pork |
| ⇒ 蠟燭兩頭燒 | [ là zhú liǎng toú shaō ] to burn the candle at both ends (idiom), to labor under a double burden |
| ⇒ 退燒 | [ tuì shaō ] to reduce fever |
| ⇒ 退燒藥 | [ tuì shaō yaò ] antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide) |
| ⇒ 野火燒不盡，春風吹又生 | [ 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] |
| ⇒ 銅鑼燒 | [ tóng luó shaō ] dorayaki (a Japanese confection) |
| ⇒ 鐵板燒 | [ tiě bǎn shaō ] teppanyaki |
| ⇒ 高燒 | [ gaō shaō ] fever, high temperature |