燎

The character "燎" has 16 strokes. "燎" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "燎" has 2 pronunciations, it is a polyphonic character. The pronunciations of "燎" are "liáo" "liǎo" . View the stroke order of "燎">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "燎"

v.: ignite; burn; kindle; scald; singe

• ignite : v.着火；燃烧；点燃；激发；激起
• 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
• kindle : v.点燃；产仔；唤起；激起；被激起；被燃起激情；变得激动
• 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
• singe : v.把…浅表烧焦；浅表烧焦；燎去（屠宰后的猪或家禽）的毛

Form words with "燎"

Example phrases using "燎"

• 他的头发让火苗燎了一大片。

  The flame burnt a big patch of his hair.

• 油焰燎着了我的睫毛；

  A grease fire that singed my eyelashes;

• 燎祭所使用的物品种类和施行方法，表达出古人的自然与文化相结合的观念。

  And the things and the process in Liao sacrifice reveal that the ancient idea of nature and culture combined with each other.

• 四处依然是蓬乱的燎黑的庄稼残梗，偶尔也看得见一些零零星星的巴旦杏树和几棵古老的橄榄树干。

  It was still shaggy with blackened stubble, while a sprinkling of almond trees and a few aged olive trunks were to be seen here and there.