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烧 - shāo

burn; bake; heat; roast

burn; bake; heat; roast

How to read 烧

Click 烧 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinshāo
Englishburn; bake; heat; roast
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

烧伤 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 烧到. Please read 烧包 one more time.

Common words with this character

burn
to have a fever reaching
to forget oneself in extravagance; to burn money
siu mei; Cantonese-style barbecue

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 烧 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 烧伤 and 烧到 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 烧.