Usage of the character 烫
tàng
烫
[燙]
- to scald
- to burn (by scalding)
- to blanch (cooking)
- to heat (sth) up in hot water
- to perm
- to iron
- scalding hot
tàngpíng
烫平
[燙平]
- to press (clothes)
- to iron out (wrinkles)
tàngshāng
烫伤
[燙傷]
- to scald
huǒtàng
火烫
[火燙]
- burning hot
- fiery
- to have one's hair permed with hot curling tongs
fātàng
发烫
[發燙]
- burning hot
gǔntàng
滚烫
[滾燙]
- boiling
- scalding
tàngyī
烫衣
[燙衣]
- to iron (clothes)
yùntàng
熨烫
[熨燙]
- to iron (clothes)
tàngfà
烫发
[燙髮]
- perm (hairstyle)
rètàng
热烫
[熱燙]
- to burn
tàngjīn
烫金
[燙金]
- (printing) to stamp with gold foil; to bronze
tǔntàng
氽烫
[氽燙]
- to blanch (cooking)
tàngdǒu
烫斗
[燙斗]
- clothes iron
tàngyībǎn
烫衣板
[燙衣板]
- ironing board
tàngtóufa
烫头发
[燙頭髮]
- perm
- to perm hair
málàtàng
麻辣烫
[麻辣燙]
- hot spicy soup (often sold at street stalls)
tàngshǒushānyù
烫手山芋
[燙手山芋]
- hot potato
- problem
- trouble
- headache
zhēngqìguàtàngjī
蒸汽挂烫机
[蒸汽掛燙機]
- garment steamer
sǐzhūbùpàkāishuǐtàng
死猪不怕开水烫
[死豬不怕開水燙]
- lit. a dead pig doesn't fear scalding water (idiom)
- fig. a person who has nothing more to lose will go to any lengths, regardless of the consequences