烧 Stroke Order — How to Write 烧
烧 is written in 10 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 火, then complete the remaining strokes.
Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.
烧 Radical and Character Components
烧 is a phono-semantic compound: 火 (fire) carries the meaning, while 尧 indicates the sound.
Radical: 火 + 6 more strokes
烧 Pronunciation and Pinyin
- shāo
Meanings of 烧 in Chinese
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shāo烧
To cook food by heating, boiling, or stir-frying.
妈妈正在厨房里烧菜。
Mom is cooking in the kitchen.
To heat or cause a change in an item using fire or something hot, such as boiling water or cooking food.
我每天早上都会烧水泡茶喝。
Every morning I boil water to make tea.
A cooking method, often involving braising, stewing, roasting, or pan-frying, as in 'braised eggplant' or 'roasted chicken'.
我最喜欢吃妈妈做的烧茄子。
I love my mom's braised eggplant the most.
To have a fever; body temperature increases.
他发烧了，需要去看医生。
He has a fever and needs to see a doctor.
A type of baked cake or pastry, such as 'shaobing' (sesame flatbread) or 'huoshao'.
我喜欢吃热乎乎的烧饼。
I like to eat warm 'shaobing' (baked flatbread).
A type of strong distilled alcoholic spirit, such as baijiu.
他冬天喜欢喝点高粱烧暖暖身子。
He likes to drink some sorghum baijiu in winter to warm himself up.
To damage or kill plants with too much fertilizer.
施肥太多会烧苗
Applying too much fertilizer will burn the seedlings.
Common Words and Phrases with 烧
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To be ostentatious or conceited, especially when one comes into wealth or power.
他最近赚了点钱就变得很烧包，出门都要开着跑车炫耀。
He recently made some money and became quite ostentatious, always driving his sports car around to show off.
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A beaker is an open-mouthed, often tall container, typically made of glass, porcelain, or metal, with a spout for pouring liquids, used in laboratories by chemists and pharmacists.
化学实验中，我们经常使用烧杯来混合溶液和加热液体。
In chemistry experiments, we often use beakers to mix solutions and heat liquids.
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A type of baked flatbread, often topped with sesame seeds.
我早餐喜欢吃热乎乎的烧饼配豆浆，那真是绝配。
For breakfast, I enjoy eating warm shaobing with soy milk; they are a perfect match.
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Shāodāozi is a strong distilled spirit or liquor, often a regional term.
在寒冷的北方，人们常常在冬日里喝上一口烧刀子暖身。
In the cold northern regions, people often drink a shot of shaodaodzi to warm themselves up during winter.
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To be extremely grateful, often for avoiding trouble or for a fortunate outcome.
多亏你及时伸出援手，我真是要给你烧高香了
I am truly indebted to you and immensely grateful for your timely assistance.
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aquavit workshop; workshop for making baijiu
村里那家老烧锅酿造的白酒特别受欢迎。
The baijiu produced by that old distillery in the village is exceptionally popular.
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To weld; to join materials, usually metals, by melting them together, often using electric or gas methods.
他正在车间里烧焊一个坏了的铁架子
He is welding a broken iron frame in the workshop.
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To burn wild grass and shrubs on wasteland, often as a preparatory step for cultivation.
农民们在春天烧荒，为即将到来的播种做准备
Farmers clear land by burning in spring to prepare for the upcoming planting.
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to burn down; to destroy by fire
无意中掉落的火花烧毁了整片枯草。
Accidentally dropped sparks burned down the entire area of dry grass.
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Sodium hydroxide (NaOH), commonly known as caustic soda, is a white solid with strong alkalinity, widely used in industrial production.
烧碱是一种重要的化工原料，广泛应用于造纸、纺织和肥皂制造等行业。
Caustic soda is an important chemical raw material, widely used in industries such as papermaking, textile, and soap manufacturing.
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To burn or roast something to the point of charring or discoloring it, often due to excessive heat.
面包在烤箱里放久了，边缘都烧焦了
The bread was left in the oven for too long, and its edges got charred.
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Sintering: the process of forming a solid mass from powdered material by heating it below its melting point.
这种陶瓷材料是通过高温烧结工艺制成的，具有优异的强度和耐磨性。
This ceramic material is produced through a high-temperature sintering process, exhibiting excellent strength and wear resistance.
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A type of Chinese distilled alcoholic beverage, often made from sorghum or maize, similar to baijiu.
他喜欢在冬天喝一小杯烧酒暖身
He likes to drink a small glass of shaojiu to warm himself in winter.
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Barbecue, or grilling food by quickly searing its surface to enhance color and flavor.
为了增加风味，厨师首先会快速烧烤牛肉的外层，使其焦黄并锁住汁水。
To enhance the flavor, the chef first quickly sears the outer layer of the beef to brown it and lock in the juices.
More words with 烧
- bèi焙shāo烧roasting
- duàn煅shāo烧calcination, calcine
- fén焚shāo烧burn, incinerate
- zhuó灼shāo烧to burn or scorch, often intensely
- rán燃shāo烧burn, combustion
- rán燃shāo烧dàn弹incendiary bomb, firebomb
- shāo烧shuǐ水boil water, heat water
- shāo烧zhì制fire, bake
- fā发shāo烧fever, to have a fever
- gāo高shāo烧high fever, fever
- hóng红shāo烧braised in soy sauce, braised
- shāo烧chéng成fired, burned into
- shāo烧gān干burn dry, boil dry
- shāo烧kāi开boil, bring to a boil
- shāo烧méi煤burn coal, coal burning
- shāo烧sǔn损burn damage, scorch
- shāo烧xiāng香burn incense, offer incense
- chái柴shāo烧Wood-fired, Wood-firing
- shāo烧cài菜cook, make food
- tuì退shāo烧reduce fever, bring down fever
Idioms with 烧
- shāo烧méi眉zhī之jí急an extremely urgent matter
- shāo烧xiāng香lǐ礼bài拜burn incense and worship
- dù妒huǒ火zhōng中shāo烧consumed by jealousy
- fàng放huǒ火shāo烧shān山to instigate conflict
- huǒ火shāo烧huǒ火liáo燎Extremely anxious and agitated
- huǒ火shāo烧méi眉mao毛extremely urgent and pressing situation
- jiǎn拣fó佛shāo烧xiāng香show favoritism
- kē磕tóu头shāo烧xiāng香humbly implore for favor
- nù怒huǒ火zhōng中shāo烧consumed with rage
- rě惹huǒ火shāo烧shēn身bring trouble upon oneself
- yǐn引huǒ火shāo烧shēn身Bring trouble upon oneself
- shāo烧qín琴zhǔ煮hè鹤destroy things of beauty in a crude manner
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Open the tool →Questions about 烧
What does 烧 mean in Chinese?
烧 (shāo) means “To cook food by heating” in Chinese.
How do you pronounce 烧?
烧 is pronounced shāo in Mandarin Chinese.
How many strokes does 烧 have?
烧 has 10 strokes.
How do you write 烧?
烧 is written in 10 strokes, starting from the radical 火. See the animated stroke order on this page.
What is the radical of 烧?
The radical of 烧 is 火, and 烧 is a phono-semantic compound.