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烧

shāo · shao

Traditional 燒

HSK 4

Meaning

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  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
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Braised fish

  1. Dengdeng

    今天(jīntiān)我来(wǒlái)烧(shāo)鱼(yú)！

    Today I'll braise the fish!

  2. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)会(huì)烧(shāo)鱼(yú)吗(ma)？

    Do you know how to braise fish?

  3. Dengdeng

    当然(dāngrán)，我(wǒ)看(kàn)了(le)五(wǔ)个(gè)视频(shìpín)。

    Of course. I watched five videos.

  4. Liangliang

    厨房(chúfáng)里(lǐ)怎么(zěnme)这么(zhème)多(duō)烟(yān)？

    Why is there so much smoke in the kitchen?

  5. Dengdeng

    视频(shìpín)说(shuō)烧(shāo)十分钟(shífēnzhōng)，我(wǒ)烧(shāo)了(le)二十分钟(èrshífēnzhōng)。

    The video said braise for ten minutes. I braised it for twenty.

  6. Liangliang

    所以(suǒyǐ)你(nǐ)烧(shāo)出(chū)来(lái)一条(yītiáo)黑(hēi)鱼(yú)。

    So you made a black fish.

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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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