烧
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
妈妈在厨房烧水，准备泡茶。
māma zài chúfáng shāo shuǐ , zhǔnbèi pào chá 。
Mom is boiling water in the kitchen, getting ready to brew tea.
孩子昨晚开始烧，今天还没退。
háizi zuó wǎn kāishǐ shāo , jīntiān hái méi tuì 。
The child started running a fever last night and it still hasn't gone down today.
Words with 烧
烧毁
shāo huǐ
to destroy (or be destroyed) by fire
燃烧弹
rán shāo dàn
fire bomb
引火烧身
yǐn huǒ shāo shēn
to invite trouble
烧焦
shāo jiāo
to burn
燃烧
rán shāo
to ignite
烧炭
shāo tàn
to manufacture charcoal
野火烧不尽，春风吹又生
yě huǒ shāo bù jìn , chūn fēng chuī yòu shēng
lit. even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows (proverb)
铜锣烧
tóng luó shāo
dorayaki (a Japanese confection)
锅烧意面
guō shāo yì miàn
nabeyaki egg noodles
铁板烧
tiě bǎn shāo
teppanyaki
高烧
gāo shāo
fever
鲷鱼烧
diāo yú shāo
taiyaki, Japanese-style waffle made with a fish-shaped mold, typically filled with a sweet bean paste