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烧
shāo
Main
English Definitionto 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
Simplified Script烧
Traditional Script燒
Pinyinshāo
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄕㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping)siu1
Part of Speech(动) verb
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Part of food/preparation/cooking
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=4 TOCFL=5

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Words With Same Head Word    
烧香shāoxiāngto burn incense
烧烤shāokǎobarbecue; to roast
烧伤shāoshāngburn (injury)
烧毁shāohuǐto burn; to burn down
烧饼shāobingbaked sesame seed-coated cake
Words With Same Tail Word    
发烧fāshāoto have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever
燃烧ránshāoto ignite; to combust; to burn; combustion; flaming
红烧hóngshāosimmer-fried (dish)
火烧huǒshāoto set fire to; to burn down; burning hot; baked cake
焚烧fénshāoto burn; to set on fire
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