shāo

烧

to burn / fever

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身体与健康Lesson 11 · Body & Health vocab

Words with 烧

燃烧 rán shāo to ignite; to combust HSK 4
发烧 fā shāo to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever HSK 4
烧烤 shāo kǎo barbecue; to roast HSK 7–9
烧毁 shāo huǐ to burn; to burn down HSK 7–9
焚烧 fén shāo to burn; to set on fire HSK 7–9

Examples from your lessons

  • 我头很疼，也有点儿发烧。 My head hurts a lot and I have a slight fever. Lesson 11
  • 我有点儿发烧，头也很疼。 I have a slight fever and my head hurts a lot. Lesson 11
  • 你发烧了吗？ Do you have a fever? 你哪里不舒服？
  • 有点儿发烧。 A slight fever. 你哪里不舒服？
  • 我头很疼，也有点儿发烧。 My head hurt a lot and I had a slight fever. 我去看医生

Character facts

Radical
火 fire, flame; to burn; anger, ra…
Parts
火 + 尧
Structure
Left–right
Traditional
燒
Unicode
U+70E7

Pictophonetic: fire

Same radical 火
dēng 灯 huǒ 火 yān 烟 fán 烦 làn 烂 méi 煤 zāi 灾 bào 爆
Same sound
shǎo 少 shāo 稍 sháo 勺 shāo 捎
Also HSK 4
ér 而 què 却 wú 无 cǐ 此 ya 呀 chù 处 céng 曾 zì 自