Chinese Notes

烫 (燙) tàng

tàng adjective scalding
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Temperature
Notes: (Guoyu '燙' adj)
tàng verb to scald; to heat
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Temperature
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '燙'; Guoyu '燙' v 1; Unihan '燙'; XHZD '烫' 1, p. 733)
tàng verb to wash with hot water
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '燙' v 4; Unihan '燙')
tàng verb to iron [clothes]
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 烫衣服 iron clothes (Guoyu '燙' v 3; Unihan '燙'; XHZD '烫' 2, p. 733)
tàng verb to perm hair
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Unihan '燙'; XHZD '烫' 3, p. 733)
tàng verb to heat up
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '燙' v 2)

热烫(熱燙) to burn
烫平(燙平) to press (clothes); to iron out (wrinkles)
烫发(燙髮) perm (hairstyle)
蒸汽挂烫机(蒸汽掛燙機) garment steamer
烫衣板(燙衣板) ironing board
烫衣(燙衣) to iron (clothes)
烫斗(燙斗) clothes iron
烫手山芋(燙手山芋) hot potato; problem; trouble; headache
氽烫(氽燙) to blanch (cooking)
麻辣烫(麻辣燙) hot spicy soup (often sold in street stalls)
烫嘴(燙嘴) to burn your mouth
烫衣服(燙衣服) to iron clothes
死猪不怕开水烫(死豬不怕開水燙) a dead pig doesn't fear scalding water; to be unaffected (by sth); undaunted
烫头发(燙頭髮) perm; to perm hair
熨烫(熨燙) to iron (clothes)
发烫(發燙) burning hot
火烫(火燙) burning hot; fiery; to have one's hair permed with hot curling tongs
水太烫了(水太燙了) the water is too hot
烫伤(燙傷) to scald
滚烫(滾燙) boiling; scalding

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