| 1 | 烧 | 燒 | shāo | shao1 | 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 | | |
| 2 | 燃烧 | 燃燒 | rán shāo | ran2 shao1 | to ignite; to combust; to burn; combustion; flaming | | |
| 3 | 烧毁 | 燒燬 | shāo huǐ | shao1 hui3 | to burn; to burn down | | |
| 4 | 烧瓶 | 燒瓶 | shāo píng | shao1 ping2 | laboratory flask | | |
| 5 | 火烧 | 火燒 | huǒ shāo | huo3 shao1 | to set fire to; to burn down; burning hot; baked cake | | |
| 6 | 焚烧 | 焚燒 | fén shāo | fen2 shao1 | to burn; to set on fire | | |
| 7 | 蜡烛两头烧 | 蠟燭兩頭燒 | là zhú liǎng tóu shāo | la4 zhu2 liang3 tou2 shao1 | to burn the candle at both ends (idiom); to labor under a double burden | | |
| 8 | 拣佛烧香 | 揀佛燒香 | jiǎn fó shāo xiāng | jian3 fo2 shao1 xiang1 | to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right person | | |
| 9 | 饥火中烧 | 飢火中燒 | jī huǒ zhōng shāo | ji1 huo3 zhong1 shao1 | to be very hungry (idiom) | | |
| 10 | 火烧眉毛 | 火燒眉毛 | huǒ shāo méi mao | huo3 shao1 mei2 mao5 | lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation; extreme emergency | | |
| 11 | 火烧火燎 | 火燒火燎 | huǒ shāo huǒ liáo | huo3 shao1 huo3 liao2 | restless with anxiety; unbearably hot and anxious | | |
| 12 | 红烧肉 | 紅燒肉 | hóng shāo ròu | hong2 shao1 rou4 | red braised pork | | |
| 13 | 红烧 | 紅燒 | hóng shāo | hong2 shao1 | simmer-fried (dish) | | |
| 14 | 焚香烧炉 | 焚香燒爐 | fén xiāng shāo lú | fen2 xiang1 shao1 lu2 | to burn joss sticks and candles in an incense burner (idiom) | | |
| 15 | 真金不怕火来烧 | 真金不怕火來燒 | zhēn jīn bù pà huǒ lái shāo | zhen1 jin1 bu4 pa4 huo3 lai2 shao1 | see 真金不怕火炼 | | |
| 16 | 放火烧身 | 放火燒身 | fàng huǒ shāo shēn | fang4 huo3 shao1 shen1 | to be hoist on one's own petard (idiom) | | |
| 17 | 发烧友 | 發燒友 | fā shāo yǒu | fa1 shao1 you3 | fan; zealot | | |
| 18 | 发烧 | 發燒 | fā shāo | fa1 shao1 | to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever | | |
| 19 | 饿火烧肠 | 餓火燒腸 | è huǒ shāo cháng | e4 huo3 shao1 chang2 | terribly hungry (idiom) | | |
| 20 | 煅烧 | 煅燒 | duàn shāo | duan4 shao1 | to calcine (purify by heating) | | |
| 21 | 肚滚喉烧 | 肚滾喉燒 | dù gǔn hóu shāo | du4 gun3 hou2 shao1 | one's stomach churning and one's throat burning (idiom) | | |
| 22 | 低烧 | 低燒 | dī shāo | di1 shao1 | a low fever (up to 38°C) | | |
| 23 | 串烧 | 串燒 | chuàn shāo | chuan4 shao1 | to cook on a skewer; barbecued food on a skewer; shish kebab; (fig.) to perform or play songs in sequence; sequence of songs; medley | | |
| 24 | 赤舌烧城 | 赤舌燒城 | chì shé shāo chéng | chi4 she2 shao1 cheng2 | A slanderous tongue can burn up a city.; the extreme harmfulness of slanderous talks (idiom) | | |
| 25 | 叉烧包 | 叉燒包 | chā shāo bāo | cha1 shao1 bao1 | roast pork bun; cha siu baau | | |