Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 烧

to burn
to cook
to stew
to bake
to roast
to heat
to boil (tea, water etc)
fever
to run a temperature
(coll.) to let things go to one's head

a low fever (up to 38°C)

to braise in soy sauce until reddish-brown

to ignite
to combust
to burn
combustion
flaming

to roast
to bake (e.g. mineral ore)

to boil

to cook

to burn
to scorch
burned
burning
scorched
charred

to bury
funeral rites

to heat water
to boil water

to light a fire for cooking

name of a famous Tang dynasty wine
same as 白酒 (báijiǔ)

to have a high temperature (from illness)
to have a fever

to weld

to reduce a fever

to make tea

to fire (in a kiln)

to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony)

to burn joss paper
(fig.) to flush money down the toilet

shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling
also written 燒麥／烧麦 (shāomài)

to calcine (purify by heating)

siu mei
spit-roasted meat dish in Cantonese cuisine

to manufacture charcoal
to burn charcoal (often a reference to suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning)

caustic soda NaOH

to forget oneself in extravagance
to burn money

to burn coal

to set fire to
to burn down
burning hot
baked cake

to burn to death

(electronics) screen burn-in

fever
high temperature

to sinter
to agglomerate ore by burning

barbecue
to roast

to singe (textiles)

burnout
peel out

teriyaki (Japanese cooking technique)

shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling
also written 燒賣／烧卖 (shāomài)

to destroy (or be destroyed) by fire

burn (injury)

to burn incense

char siu
barbecued pork

to worry

to cook

a still (for distilling alcohol)

barbecue (Cantonese style)

to clear waste land or forest by burning
slash-and-burn (agriculture)

yakitori, a Japanese dish of skewered grilled chicken

to fire (pottery)

laboratory flask

beaker (glassware)

baked sesame seed-coated cake

to heat until red-hot

to cook on a skewer
barbecued food on a skewer
shish kebab
(fig.) to perform or play songs in sequence
sequence of songs
medley

to burn
to scorch
to cauterize

to burn (a CD or DVD)

to burn
to set on fire

to have a fever reaching (a certain temperature)

incendiary agent

shāogāoxiāng

to burn incense
to thank profusely

nuée ardente
hot cloud of volcanic ash

taiyaki, Japanese-style waffle made with a fish-shaped mold, typically filled with a sweet bean paste

kettle

teppanyaki

deflagrating spoon
combustion spoon

shāozhuóténg

burning pain

fire bomb
incendiary device

burnt offering (Judaism)

Molotov cocktail

to casserole
to stew
vacuum flask
cooker

sukiyaki

antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide)

shāozhuóshāng

burn (injury)
scorching

shāokǎojiàng

barbecue sauce

fan
zealot

takoyaki (octopus dumpling), a Japanese snack food

burning pain

red braised pork

stewed eggplant

(old) to burn paper money as an offering

programmer (electronics)

dorayaki (a Japanese confection)

steamed bun stuffed with skewer-roasted pork

incendiary bomb

jiǎnfóshāoxiāng

to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right person

huǒshāoméimao

lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation
extreme emergency

Rìshìshāoròu

yakiniku (Japanese-style grilled meat)

huǒshāohuǒliǎo

restless with anxiety
to feel unbearably painful or hot

shāoxiāngbài Fó

to burn incense and worship Buddha

yǐnhuǒshāoshēn

to invite trouble

rěhuǒshāoshēn

stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt
fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling

làzhúliǎngtóushāo

蜡烛两头烧

[蠟燭兩頭燒]

to burn the candle at both ends (idiom)
to labor under a double burden

zhēnjīnbùpàhuǒláishāo

真金不怕火来烧

[真金不怕火來燒]

see 真金不怕火煉／真金不怕火炼 (zhēnjīnbùpàhuǒliàn)

liúdeqīngshānzài,bùpàméicháishāo

留得青山在，不怕没柴烧

[留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒]

While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.

yěhuǒshāobùjìn,chūnfēngchuīyòushēng

野火烧不尽，春风吹又生

[野火燒不盡，春風吹又生]

lit. even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows (proverb)
fig. cannot be easily eliminated
abbr. to 野火春風／野火春风 (yěhuǒchūnfēng)

píngshíbùshāoxiāng,línshíbàofójiǎo

平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚

[平時不燒香，臨時抱佛腳]

lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble
doing things at the last minute
to make a hasty last-minute effort (often refers to cramming for exams)