| 燙 | [ tàng ] to scald, to burn (by scalding), to blanch (cooking), to heat (sth) up in hot water, to perm, to iron, scalding hot |
| 燙傷 | [ tàng shāng ] to scald |
| 燙平 | [ tàng píng ] to press (clothes), to iron out (wrinkles) |
| 燙手山芋 | [ tàng shoǔ shān yù ] hot potato, problem, trouble, headache |
| 燙斗 | [ tàng doǔ ] clothes iron |
| 燙衣 | [ tàng yī ] to iron (clothes) |
| 燙衣板 | [ tàng yī bǎn ] ironing board |
| 燙頭髮 | [ tàng toú fa ] perm, to perm hair |
| 燙髮 | [ tàng fà ] perm (hairstyle) |
| ⇒ 死豬不怕開水燙 | [ sǐ zhū bù pà kaī shuǐ tàng ] lit. a dead pig doesn't fear scalding water (idiom), fig. to be unaffected (by sth), undaunted |
| ⇒ 氽燙 | [ tǔn tàng ] to blanch (cooking) |
| ⇒ 滾燙 | [ gǔn tàng ] boiling, scalding |
| ⇒ 火燙 | [ huǒ tàng ] burning hot, fiery, to have one's hair permed with hot curling tongs |
| ⇒ 熨燙 | [ yùn tàng ] to iron (clothes) |
| ⇒ 熱燙 | [ rè tàng ] to burn |
| ⇒ 發燙 | [ fā tàng ] burning hot |
| ⇒ 蒸汽掛燙機 | [ zhēng qì guà tàng jī ] garment steamer |
| ⇒ 麻辣燙 | [ má là tàng ] hot spicy soup (often sold in street stalls) |