烫

tàng · tang

Traditional 燙

Meaning

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  1. to scald
  2. to burn (by scalding)
  3. to blanch (cooking)
  4. to heat (sth) up in hot water
  5. to perm
  6. to iron
  7. scalding hot

In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)的(de)额(é)头(tóu)烧(shāo)得(de)很(hěn)烫(tàng)。

My forehead burned with fever.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fercheung · English by moman · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

她(tā)的(de)左(zuǒ)手(shǒu)被(bèi)烫(tàng)到(dào)了(le)。

She burned her left hand.

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

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