燒 (siu1 siu3 | shao1 shao4) : burn; roast

Remove Adverts and gain lots of extra features
What is this page showing me?

燒

siu1 siu3

shao1 shao4

/siu1/
[1] [v] burn [2] stew; roast [3] [v] boil; heat [4] [v] run a fever; have a temperature [5] [n] fever

/siu3/
[v] burn (wildfire or controlled burn)

Stroke count: 16

Level: 4

Radical: 火 (#86)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

燒 / 烧

Don't confuse with:
繞

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 27th Feb 2010 05:02

Output this character as a high resolution image

發燒 faat3 siu1 fa1 shao1 = to have a fever; to have a temperature

高燒 gou1 siu1 gao1 shao1 = fever; high temperature

叉燒 caa1 siu1 cha1 shao1 = barbecued pork

叉燒包 caa1 siu1 baau1 = roast pork buns

燒烤 siu1 haau1 shao1 kao3 = barbecue

燒燬 siu1 wai2 shao1 hui3 = burn down

燒餅 siu1 beng2 shao1 bing5 = baked sesame seed cake

燃燒 jin4 siu1 ran2 shao1 = combustion

燒賣 siu1 maai6*2 shao1 mai4 = pork and mushroom dumpling

燒嘢食 siu1 je5 sik6 shao1 ye3 shi2 = barbeque 粵
See all 81 compounds (CantoDict reports 82 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 5 examples containing 燒

我有發燒同頭痛粵
I have a temperature and headache.

我又發燒又頭痛粵
I have a temperature and headache.

琴日都好地地嘅，今日就發燒囉。粵
It was all fine yesterday; the fever just came up today.

間工廠畀火燒，旁邊嘅住宅都殃及池魚粵
The nearby houses were not spared when the factory caught fire.

燒焊返個線圈就可以撻着架車粵
The car should be able to start once we weld the solenoid.

Legend
國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/261/]燒[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/261/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">燒</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 燒
Unicode code for this character: U+71d2 (off-site link)

Search CantoDict (safe search is on)

Please note, CantoDict currently supports searching for Simplified Chinese, but results will be returned in Traditional Chinese.

Hide Written and Spoken Hide Written 國 Hide Spoken粵

This page shows, from top to bottom:

a large version of the character in a traditional script font which you may need to install

: the Cantonese Jyutping romanisation (pronunciation) Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu^4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.

: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin.
a detailed description of all the meanings
the number of strokes needed to write the character correctly
our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font, along with the PRC simplified version if applicable
a list of characters which look similar and are therefore possible sources of confusion (where relevant)
a list of compound words that use this character, ordered by difficulty level.
(we would really appreciate new volunteers to add some more compound words to the database so please post to the CantoDict forum if you would like to spend an occasional 10 mins or so helping)


Characters \| Words \| Sentences \| Chinese Translation \| Chinese Tests \| Forums \| Search Customise CantoDict \| My Vocab Lists \| Useful Reports and Stats \| CantoDict Forum