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燒

shāo

A2 Level 4 ★ Core word
Verb

燒 (shāo) is a Chinese word meaning “to burn; to set on fire”. It sits at TOCFL Level 4 (CEFR A2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. to burn; to set on fire
  2. to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc)
  3. to braise
  4. to cook; to prepare food
  5. to run a fever
  6. fever
  7. (coll.) to become full of oneself; to get carried away

Stroke order

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Example

小心，鍋子很燙，別燒到手。

Be careful; the pot is hot, don't burn your hand.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).