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
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shāo jié 
		to sinter
to agglomerate ore by burning
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shāo zhuó 
		to burn
to scorch
to cauterize
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shāo bing 
		baked sesame seed-coated cake
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			rán shāo 
		to ignite
to combust
to burn
combustion
flaming
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			huǒ shāo 
		to set fire to
to burn down
burning hot
baked cake
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			fā shāo 
		to have a high temperature (from illness)
to have a fever
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			duàn shāo 
		to calcine (purify by heating)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shāo diào 
		to burn
to char
to cremate
to incinerate
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bèi shāo 
		to roast
to bake (e.g. mineral ore)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shāo jiāo 
		to burn
to scorch
burned
burning
scorched
charred
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shāo shuǐ 
		to heat water
to boil water
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shāo dào 
		to have a fever reaching (a certain temperature)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			chuàn shāo 
		to cook on a skewer
barbecued food on a skewer
shish kebab
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shāo jiǔ 
		name of a famous Tang dynasty wine
same as 白酒[bai2 jiu3]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tuì shāo yào 
		antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			chā shāo bāo 
		roast pork bun
cha siu baau
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			huǒ shāo yún 
		nuée ardente
hot cloud of volcanic ash
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			rán shāo dàn 
		fire bomb
incendiary device
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shāo mài 
		shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling
also written 燒麥|烧麦[shao1 mai4]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shāo zhǐ 
		to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shāo huǒ 
		to light a fire for cooking
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shāo bāo 
		to forget oneself in extravagance
to burn money
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shāo là 
		barbecue (Cantonese style)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shāo mài 
		shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling
also written 燒賣|烧卖[shao1 mai4]