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)

发烫(發燙) burning hot
烫手山芋(燙手山芋) hot potato; problem; trouble; headache
滚烫(滾燙) boiling; scalding
烫斗(燙斗) clothes iron
烫衣板(燙衣板) ironing board
氽烫(氽燙) to blanch (cooking)
热烫(熱燙) to burn
烫衣服(燙衣服) to iron clothes
烫嘴(燙嘴) to burn your mouth
烫衣(燙衣) to iron (clothes)
水太烫了(水太燙了) the water is too hot
麻辣烫(麻辣燙) hot spicy soup (often sold in street stalls)
烫平(燙平) to press (clothes); to iron out (wrinkles)
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
烫伤(燙傷) to scald
蒸汽挂烫机(蒸汽掛燙機) garment steamer
熨烫(熨燙) to iron (clothes)
烫发(燙髮) perm (hairstyle)
烫头发(燙頭髮) perm; to perm hair
火烫(火燙) burning hot; fiery; to have one's hair permed with hot curling tongs

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