烧 (shāo) means Burn (cook - bake - fever - roast). Below are 11 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
火焰越 烧 越高。
Huǒyàn yuè shāo yuè gāo.
The flames rose higher and higher.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 火焰
木头在火里燃 烧 。
Mùtou zài huǒ lǐ ránshāo.
The wood is burning in the fire.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 燃烧
红 烧 鱼是他的拿手菜。
Hóngshāo yú shì tā de náshǒu cài.
Braised fish is his speciality.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 拿手
孩子发 烧 了，快去医院。
Háizi fāshāo le, kuài qù yīyuàn.
The child has a fever — go to the hospital quickly.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 发烧
我有点儿发 烧 ，想请假。
Wǒ yǒudiǎnr fāshāo, xiǎng qǐngjià.
I have a slight fever and would like to take leave.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 发烧
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From the graded readers
医生看了看我，说：“你发 烧 了，三十八度五。”
yīshēng kànle kàn / kān wǒ, shuō:" nǐ fāshāo le / liǎo / liào, sānshí bādù wǔ."
The doctor looked at me and said, "You've got a fever — 38.5."
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Going to the Doctor
From the travel phrasebook
Words that contain 烧
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Questions about 烧
How is 烧 used in a sentence?
This page shows 11 sentences using 烧 (shāo, "Burn (cook - bake - fever - roast)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 烧 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 烧 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 烧?
The dictionary page for 烧 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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