burn in Chinese

烧燒

HSK 3.0 · Level 4

shāo

to burn
to cook
to stew
to bake
to roast
to heat
to boil (tea, water etc)
fever
to run a temperature
(coll.) to let things go to one's head

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Example sentences

wèishénme 为什么 nǐ 你 yào 要 shāo 烧 zhèxiē 这些 túpiàn 图片 ne 呢？

Why are you burning these pictures?
wǒ 我 bàba 爸爸 bù 不 hē 喝 duōshao 多少 shāo 烧 jiǔ 酒。

My father doesn't drink so much sake.

Other words for burn

燃烧（燃燒） ránshāo HSK 4

to ignite; to combust; to burn; combustion; flaming
烧毁（燒燬） shāohuǐ HSK 7–9

to burn; to burn down
焚烧（焚燒） fénshāo HSK 7–9

to burn; to set on fire
烫（燙） tàng HSK 7–9

to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot
焚 fén

to burn
惔 tán

to burn
热烫（熱燙） rètàng

to burn
烗 kài

to burn; to blaze
燔 fán

burn; to roast meat for sacrifice

28 entries in ChineseDict list "burn" as a meaning.