烧

shāo

to burn; to cook

Traditional 燒

HSK 3.0 · Level 4 verb

Meaning

shāo shao1

to 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

Example sentences

wèishénme为什么nǐ你yào要shāo烧zhèxiē这些túpiàn图片ne呢？

Why are you burning these pictures?
wǒ我bàba爸爸bù不hē喝duōshǎo多少shāo烧jiǔ酒。

My father doesn't drink so much sake.
tā她wèn问le了zěnme怎么shāo烧yú鱼。

She asked how to cook the fish.
wǒ我fā发le了liǎng两tiān天shāo烧。

I had fever for two days.

HSK words with 烧

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