烧

shāo · shao

Traditional 燒

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. to burn
  2. to cook
  3. to stew
  4. to bake
  5. to roast
  6. to heat
  7. to boil (tea, water etc)
  8. fever
  9. to run a temperature
  10. (coll.) to let things go to one's head

In a sentence

2 examples
01

汤(tāng)姆(mǔ)一(yì)打(dǎ)开(kāi)电(diàn)视(shì),保(bǎo)险(xiǎn)丝(sī)就(jiù)烧(shāo)了(le)。

No sooner had Tom turned on the TV than the fuse blew.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)收(shōu)到(dào)这(zhè)封(fēng)信(xìn)后(hòu),读(dú)也(yě)没(méi)读(dú)就(jiù)把(bǎ)它(tā)烧(shāo)了(le)。

After he received the letter, he burned it without even reading it.

Tatoeba: Chinese by xjjAstrus · English by bekindtoall · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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