Radical:

meaning for 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 headto ignite
  • - to combust
  • - to burn
  • - combustion
  • - flamingto have a high temperature (from illness)
  • - to have a feverto set fire to
  • - to burn down
  • - burning hot
  • - baked caketo burn
  • - to set on fireburn (injury)

xūyào需要
shāo
rèshuǐ热水

I need to boil a kettle of hot water.


jīntiān今天
zǎoshang早上
shāo
le
chá

I made a pot of tea this morning.