Chinese Notes

烧 (燒) shāo

shāo verb to burn
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Fire
Notes: For example, 燃烧 'combust' (Guoyu '燒' v 1; Unihan '燒')
shāo noun fever
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Concept: Symptom 症状
Notes: For example, 发烧 'have a fever' (Guoyu '燒' n 1)
shāo verb to bake; to roast; to cook
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Food and Drink , Concept: Cooking 烹调
Notes: For example, 烧饭 'cook food' (Guoyu '燒' v 2; Unihan '燒')
shāo noun heat
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '燒')

Contained in

烧焊(燒焊) to weld
发烧(發燒) to have a fever
烧硬(燒硬) to fire (pottery)
烧酒(燒酒) Shaojiu
烧包(燒包) to forget oneself in extravagance; to burn money
烧红(燒紅) heat until red
创烧(創燒) to fire; to bake
铜锣烧(銅鑼燒) dorayaki (a Japanese confection)
烧伤(燒傷) a burn injury
烧炭(燒炭) to manufacture charcoal; to burn charcoal
铁板烧(鐵板燒) teppanyaki
火烧眉毛(火燒眉毛) the fire burns one's eyebrows; desperate situation; extreme emergency
烧煮(燒煮) to cook
照烧(照燒) teriyaki
火烧火燎(火燒火燎) restless with anxiety; unbearably hot and anxious
串烧(串燒) to cook on a skewer; barbecued food on a skewer; shish kebab
烧杯(燒杯) beaker
叉烧包(叉燒包) roast pork bun; cha siu baau
焚烧(焚燒) to burn; to set on fire
烧锅(燒鍋) a still (for distilling alcohol)
燃烧匙(燃燒匙) deflagrating spoon; combustion spoon
烧水壶(燒水壺) kettle
高烧(高燒) a high fever
烧利市(燒利市) to burn paper money as an offering
燃烧剂(燃燒劑) incendiary agent
燃烧瓶(燃燒瓶) Molotov cocktail
烧卖(燒賣) shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling
烧钱(燒錢) to burn joss paper; to flush money down the toilet
退烧药(退燒藥) antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide)
焙烧(焙燒) to roast; to bake (e.g. mineral ore)
烧瓶(燒瓶) laboratory flask
烧饼(燒餅) shaobing
烧火(燒火) to light a fire for cooking
烧灼伤(燒灼傷) burn (injury); scorching
野火烧不尽，春风吹又生(野火燒不盡，春風吹又生) even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows
烧结(燒結) to sinter; to agglomerate ore by burning
烧心(燒心) to worry
红烧肉(紅燒肉) red braised pork
焖烧锅(燜燒鍋) to casserole; to stew; vacuum flask; cooker
低烧(低燒) a low fever (up to 38°C)
烧煤(燒煤) to burn coal
烧开(燒開) to boil
灼烧(灼燒) to burn
烧埋(燒埋) to bury; funeral rites
烧味(燒味) siu mei
发烧友(發燒友) fan; zealot
烧烤架(燒烤架) a barbecue grill
烧高香(燒高香) to burn incense; to thank profusely
烧写器(燒寫器) programmer
烧到(燒到) to have a fever reaching (a certain temperature)

Also contained in

平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚

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Truncated for common words

卷二十九志第五五行二 Volume 29 Treatises 5: Five Elements 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 24
卷六十三志第十六五行二上 Volume 63 Treatises 16: Five Elements 2a History of Song 宋史 — count: 12
第十六回 Chapter 16 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 12
第二十六回 Chapter 26 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 11
卷六十五皇甫張段列傳 Volume 65: Biographies of Huangfu, Zhang, Duan Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 11
第二回 Chapter 58 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 10
卷三十七志第十七: 五行 Volume 37 Treatises 17: Five Elements Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 10
卷三十九 Scroll 39 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
卷一百〇五　志第五十三:　刑法四 Volume 105 Treatises 58: Punishment and Law 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 8
卷九十五列傳第六十五藝術 Volume 95 Biographies 65: Arts Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 8

Collocations

烧杀 (燒殺) 自燒殺 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu — count: 8
烧咸阳 (燒咸陽) 屠燒咸陽秦宮室 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖本紀》 Annals of Gao Zu — count: 4
遂烧 (遂燒) 遂燒殺建德 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《楚元王世家》 House of Prince Yuan of Chu — count: 4
燔烧 (燔燒) 相燔燒以求食 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷八宣帝紀 Volume 8: Annals of Emperor Xuan — count: 4
屠烧 (屠燒) 屠燒咸陽秦宮室 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖本紀》 Annals of Gao Zu — count: 4
掘烧 (掘燒) 掘燒君王先人冢墓 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十二奉使 Chapter 12: Receiving and Implementing Orders — count: 4
烧夷陵 (燒夷陵) 燒夷陵 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《六國年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Six States — count: 4
烧秦 (燒秦) 燒秦宮室 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu — count: 4
烧夷齐 (燒夷齊) 遂北燒夷齊城郭室屋 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu — count: 4
烧残 (燒殘) 燒殘民家 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《吳王濞列傳》 Biographies of Pi, the Prince of Wu — count: 3