shǎo 
		few
less
to lack
to be missing
to stop (doing sth)
seldom
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			sháo 
		Chinese peony
Paeonia albiflora or lactiflora
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			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 
		old variant of 燒|烧[shao1]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shāo 
		to bring sth to sb
to deliver
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Shào 
		surname Shao
name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			sháo 
		spoon
ladle
CL:把[ba3]
abbr. for 公勺[gong1 shao2], centiliter (unit of volume)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			sháo 
		(music)
excellent
harmonious
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dān xiá 
		Mt Danxia in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[Sháo guān], Guangdong
Danxia landform
red conglomerate and sandstone
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Dān xiá shān 
		Mt Danxia in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[Sháo guān], Guangdong
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Yuán Shào 
		Yuan Shao (153-202), general during late Han, subsequently warlord
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shāo mài 
		shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling
also written 燒麥|烧麦[shao1 mai4]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shāo mài 
		shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling
also written 燒賣|烧卖[shao1 mai4]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shāo 
		serrated edges on a Chinese flag
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Rén huà xiàn 
		Renhua county, Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[sháo guān], Guangdong
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Shào Yōng 
		Shao Yong (1011-1077), Northern Song poet and Rationalist scholar 理學家|理学家
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Chéng bù miáo zú zì zhì xiàn 
		Chengbu Miao autonomous county in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳[Shào yáng], Hunan
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Shào Piāo píng 
		Shao Piaoping (1884-1926), pioneer of journalism and founder of newspaper Beijing Press 京報|京报, executed in 1926 by warlord Zhang Zuolin 張作霖|张作霖
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shāo 
		tail of a comet
long hair
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shāo 
		pot-scrubbing brush made of bamboo strips
basket (container) for chopsticks
variant of 筲[shao1]