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HSK
to ignite / to combust / to burn / combustion / flaming
HSK 4
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  *燒* | 燒* | *燒
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
HSK 4
to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever / (fig.) to be fascinated with; to obsess over / (fig.) flourishing; thriving; popular
HSK 4
to burn / to set on fire
HSK 7-9
barbecue / to roast
HSK 7-9
to destroy (or be destroyed) by fire
HSK 7-9
to burn / to scorch / to cauterize
to set fire to / to burn down / burning hot / baked cake
barbecue (Cantonese style)
to invite trouble
baked sesame seed-coated cake
fan / zealot
to braise in soy sauce until reddish-brown
name of a famous Tang dynasty wine / same as 白酒
to burn / to scorch / burned / burning / scorched / charred
teppanyaki
burn (injury)
shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling / also written 燒麥|烧麦
char siu / barbecued pork
to boil
to sinter / to agglomerate ore by burning
to heat water / to boil water
fever / high temperature
restless with anxiety / to feel unbearably painful or hot
to reduce a fever
dorayaki (a Japanese confection)
beaker (glassware)
to light a fire for cooking
lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation / extreme emergency
shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling / also written 燒賣|烧卖
nuée ardente / hot cloud of volcanic ash
to worry
fire bomb / incendiary device
laboratory flask
red braised pork
to roast / to bake (e.g. mineral ore)
caustic soda NaOH
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
to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony)
to burn incense / to thank profusely
a low fever (up to 38°C)
to burn incense
to forget oneself in extravagance / to burn money
incendiary bomb
yakitori, a Japanese dish of skewered grilled chicken
to clear waste land or forest by burning / slash-and-burn (agriculture)
to have a fever reaching (a certain temperature)
to bury / funeral rites
to fire (in a kiln)
siu mei / spit-roasted meat dish in Cantonese cuisine
to burn joss paper / (fig.) to flush money down the toilet
to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right person
to burn to death
(old) to burn paper money as an offering
to cook
to make tea
to manufacture charcoal / to burn charcoal (often a reference to suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning)
to cook
to heat until red-hot
to burn (a CD or DVD)
sukiyaki
nabeyaki egg noodles
(electronics) screen burn-in
okonomiyaki (Japanese savory pancake) in the Kansai or Osaka 大阪 style
takoyaki (octopus dumpling), a Japanese snack food
to burn coal
(textiles) to singe
to calcine (purify by heating)
burnout / peel out
to weld
steamed bun stuffed with skewer-roasted pork
taiyaki, Japanese-style waffle made with a fish-shaped mold, typically filled with a sweet bean paste
antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide)
kettle
stewed eggplant
to fire (pottery)
lit. even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows (proverb) / fig. cannot be easily eliminated / abbr. to 野火春風|野火春风
While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
barbecue sauce
burning pain
to cook on a skewer / barbecued food on a skewer / shish kebab / (fig.) to perform or play songs in sequence / sequence of songs / medley
programmer (electronics)
to casserole / to stew / vacuum flask / cooker
burnt offering (Judaism)
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)
yakiniku (Japanese-style grilled meat)
teriyaki (Japanese cooking technique)
incendiary agent
deflagrating spoon / combustion spoon
Molotov cocktail
burn (injury) / scorching
burning pain
a still (for distilling alcohol)
to burn incense and worship Buddha
to burn the candle at both ends (idiom) / to labor under a double burden


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