烫

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

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "烫"

v.: scald; burn; heat up (in hot water); warm; perm; have one's hair permed; give/have a permanent wave

adj.: boiling hot; scalding

• scald : v.烫伤；加热（牛奶等液体）至接近沸点；用热水浸泡；烫洗；引起灼痛感
• 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
• warm : adj.温暖的；热情的；多情的；亲切的；快要发现的；即将猜中的；暖和的；强烈的；保温的；保暖的
• perm : n.烫发；化学波浪烫发；排列；（Perm）地名：彼尔姆
• scalding : adj.灼热的；滚烫的；激烈的；尖刻的

Form words with "烫"

烫牛奶 scald milk

Example phrases using "烫"

• 西红柿烫一下再去皮就容易多了。

  It is much easier to peel a tomato after it’s been scalded.

• 擦干碟子前先用开水把它们烫一下。

  Scald the plates before drying them.

• 熨斗很烫，不要触碰它。

  The iron is hot. Don’t touch it.

• 汤很烫，别把嘴烧伤了。

  The soup’s hot. Don’t burn your mouth.

• 我喝热茶时烫了舌头。

  I scalded my tongue on/with the hot tea.

• 碗太烫，我不敢碰。

  The bowl was so hot that I dared not touch it.

• 她被沸水烫了手。

  She scalded her hand with boiling water.

• 她像被烫着似的把手缩了回来。

  She retracted her hand as if she'd been burnt.

• 面包正在烫石上烘焙。

  The bread was baking on hot stones.

• 有烫印图案的T恤衫。

  T-shirts with iron-on transfers.