烧

The character "烧" has 10 strokes. "烧" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "烧" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "烧" are "shāo" . View the stroke order of "烧">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "烧"

v.: burn; heat; damage/injure by excessive/improper use of fertilizer; cook; stew after frying; fry after stewing; roast; braise; run a fever; have a temperature

n.: fever

adj.: swollen-headed

• burn : v.烧；燃烧；晒黑；晒痛；晒伤；以…作燃料；飞速驾驶；刻录；烧伤；烫伤
• heat : n.热；高温；愤怒；激动；强烈的情绪；预赛；热能；热度；炎热天气；辣味
• cook : v.烹调；煮；烧；篡改；伪造；干得起劲；做得欢；干得好
• roast : v.烤；炙；烘；发烫；严厉批评；烘干；烘焙；使受热发烫
• braise : v.炖
• have a temperature : 发烧；发热
• fever : n.发烧；发热；热病；焦躁；激动不安；狂热

Form words with "烧"

烧木炭 make charcoal

Example phrases using "烧"

• 他有了几个闲钱看把他烧的。

  He was swollen with arrogance with some spare cash in his pocket. / His money is burning a hole in his pocket.

• 他发着烧还挺着上课。

  He’s come to class in spite of his fever.

• 烧煤气比烧煤上算。

  It’s more economical to use gas than coal.

• 病人的烧下去了。

  The patient’s fever is down.

• 用文火在预热过的烤箱烧这道菜。

  Bake the dish in a preheated slow oven.

• 被改装成烧天然气的柴油机。

  A diesel engine converted to burn natural gas.

• 天主教徒和新教徒家都被烧了，已无家可归。

  Catholics and Protestants were burned out of their homes.

• 他把所有的信都烧了。

  [with obj.]he burned all the letters.

• 她演示如何烧排骨。

  [with clause]she demonstrated howto cook chops.

• 商店被抢，被烧。

  The shops had been looted and torched.