Meaning
to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; fever
Chinese: 燃烧、加热烹调，也指发烧。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “shao” becomes a different word in each tone. 烧 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 发烧fā shāoto have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever; (fig.) to be fascinated with; to obsess over
- 燃烧rán shāoto ignite; to combust; to burn; combustion
- 烧烤shāo kǎobarbecue; to roast
- 烧毁shāo huǐto destroy (or be destroyed) by fire
- 焚烧fén shāoto burn; to set on fire
Example Sentence
他发烧了，需要好好休息。Tā fā shāo le, xū yào hǎo hǎo xiū xi.He has a fever and needs to rest well.
他Tāhe发烧fā shāoto be fascinated with了le(completed action)，需要xū yàoto need好好hǎo hǎowell休息xiū xirest。