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]
shāo guō
a still (for distilling alcohol)
shāo wèi
siu mei
spit-roasted meat dish in Cantonese cuisine
shāo xiāng bài Fó
to burn incense and worship Buddha
tóng luó shāo
dorayaki (a Japanese confection)
huǒ shāo méi mao
lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation
extreme emergency
liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo
While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
shāo huāng
to clear waste land or forest by burning
slash-and-burn (agriculture)
shāo gāo xiāng
to burn incense
to thank profusely
huǒ shāo huǒ liáo
restless with anxiety
unbearably hot and anxious
rě huǒ shāo shēn
stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt
fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling
mèn shāo guō
to casserole
to stew
vacuum flask
cooker
píng shí bù shāo xiāng , lín shí bào fó jiǎo
lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble
doing things at the last minute
to make a hasty last-minute effort (often refers to cramming for exams)
shāo yí dàn
fire bomb
incendiary device
jiǎn fó shāo xiāng
to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right person
zhēn jīn bù pà huǒ lái shāo
see 真金不怕火煉|真金不怕火炼[zhen1 jin1 bu4 pa4 huo3 lian4]
shāo tàn
to manufacture charcoal
to burn charcoal (often a reference to suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning)
shāo lì shì
(old) to burn paper money as an offering
rán shāo chí
deflagrating spoon
combustion spoon
là zhú liǎng tóu shāo
to burn the candle at both ends (idiom)
to labor under a double burden