(shāo) - to burn, to cook by heating, to run a fever in Mandarin
shāoTraditional: 燒
Translation
to burn, to cook by heating, to run a fever
Word origin
A phono-semantic compound with 火 (huǒ, fire) on the left supplying the meaning and 尧 (yáo) on the right supplying the sound.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 火 (huǒ, fire) + 尧 (yáo, phonetic)
Stroke order
烧
Examples
，势猛。
The house caught fire and the flames burned fiercely.
。
Mum is cooking the meal in the kitchen.
。
The child was running a fever all last night.
旧。
Please burn these old newspapers.
菜。
This dish needs to be cooked slowly over a low heat.
烧 (shāo) means to burn or set alight, and by extension to cook food by heating it and to run a fever. The fire radical 火 makes the connection to heat clear.
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