烫

tàng

to scald; to burn (by scalding)

Traditional 燙

HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9 HSK 2.0 · Level 5 verbadjective

Meaning

tàng tang4

to scald
to burn (by scalding)
to blanch (cooking)
to heat (sth) up in hot water
to perm
to iron
scalding hot

Example sentences

tā她tàng烫le了tā他de的chènshān衬衫。

She ironed his shirts.
wǒ我de的étóu额头shāo烧dé得hěn很tàng烫。

My forehead burned with fever.
wǒ我zài在tàng烫wǒ我de的shǒujuàn手绢。

I‘m ironing my handkerchiefs.
ō噢，kāfēi咖啡tài太tàng烫le了。

Ow, the coffee is very hot!

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