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

烧酒(燒酒) Shaojiu
烧水(燒水) to heat water; to boil water
烧煤(燒煤) to burn coal
烧饼(燒餅) shaobing
烧钱(燒錢) to burn joss paper; to flush money down the toilet
烧瓶(燒瓶) laboratory flask
火烧云(火燒雲) nuée ardente; hot cloud of volcanic ash
红烧肉(紅燒肉) red braised pork
赤烧(赤燒) to glow red
低烧(低燒) a low fever (up to 38°C)
红烧(紅燒) simmer-fried (dish)
铜锣烧(銅鑼燒) dorayaki (a Japanese confection)
退烧药(退燒藥) antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide)
烧焊(燒焊) to weld
引火烧身(引火燒身) to invite trouble
燃烧瓶(燃燒瓶) Molotov cocktail
烧红(燒紅) heat until red
烧焦(燒焦) burned; charred
烧荒(燒荒) to clear waste land or forest by burning; slash-and-burn
烧烤架(燒烤架) a barbecue grill
烧炭(燒炭) to manufacture charcoal; to burn charcoal
烧死(燒死) to burn to death
烧到(燒到) to have a fever reaching (a certain temperature)
烧胎(燒胎) burnout; peel out
平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚(平時不燒香，臨時抱佛腳) to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises; to profess devotion only when in trouble; doing things at the last minute
烧埋(燒埋) to bury; funeral rites
高烧(高燒) a high fever
燃烧剂(燃燒劑) incendiary agent
燃烧匙(燃燒匙) deflagrating spoon; combustion spoon
全烧祭(全燒祭) burnt offering (Judaism)
叉烧(叉燒) char siu; barbecued pork
烧烤(燒烤) barbecue; to roast
叉烧包(叉燒包) roast pork bun; cha siu baau
烧水壶(燒水壺) kettle
发烧(發燒) to have a fever
烧茶(燒茶) to make tea
烧纸(燒紙) to burn paper offerings
烧造(燒造) to fire ceramics
烧硬(燒硬) to fire (pottery)
焚烧(焚燒) to burn; to set on fire
烧火(燒火) to light a fire for cooking
燃烧弹(燃燒彈) fire bomb; incendiary device
怒火中烧(怒火中燒) a burning rage
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
烧锅(燒鍋) a still (for distilling alcohol)
铁板烧(鐵板燒) teppanyaki
烧写器(燒寫器) programmer
烧香(燒香) to burn incense
烧杯(燒杯) beaker
烧夷弹(燒夷彈) fire bomb; incendiary device

Also contained in

火烧淀

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卷二十九志第五五行二 Volume 29 Treatises 5: Five Elements 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 24
第十六回 Chapter 16 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 12
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
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
第二回 Chapter 58 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 10
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
第四十五回 Chapter 45 Journey to the West 西遊記 — 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
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
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
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
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
延烧 (延燒) 延燒千餘家 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《汲鄭列傳》 Biographies of Ji and Zheng — count: 3
日烧 (日燒) 十二日燒 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝武本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowu Emperor — count: 3