| 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 | 烧毁 | 燒燬 | shāo huǐ | shao1 hui3 | to burn; to burn down | | |
| 3 | 烧瓶 | 燒瓶 | shāo píng | shao1 ping2 | laboratory flask | | |
| 4 | 烧香 | 燒香 | shāo xiāng | shao1 xiang1 | to burn incense | | |
| 5 | 烧香拜佛 | 燒香拜佛 | shāo xiāng bài fó | shao1 xiang1 bai4 Fo2 | to burn incense and worship Buddha | | |
| 6 | 烧心 | 燒心 | shāo xīn | shao1 xin1 | to worry | | |
| 7 | 烧毛 | 燒毛 | shāo máo | shao1 mao2 | to singe (textiles) | | |
| 8 | 烧夷弹 | 燒夷彈 | shāo yí dàn | shao1 yi2 dan4 | fire bomb; incendiary device | | |
| 9 | 烧制 | 燒製 | shāo zhì | shao1 zhi4 | to fire (in a kiln) | | |
| 10 | 烧煮 | 燒煮 | shāo zhǔ | shao1 zhu3 | to cook | | |
| 11 | 烧灼 | 燒灼 | shāo zhuó | shao1 zhuo2 | to burn; to scorch; to cauterize | | |
| 12 | 烧灼感 | 燒灼感 | shāo zhuó gǎn | shao1 zhuo2 gan3 | burning pain | | |
| 13 | 烧灼伤 | 燒灼傷 | shāo zhuó shāng | shao1 zhuo2 shang1 | burn (injury); scorching | | |
| 14 | 烧灼疼 | 燒灼疼 | shāo zhuó téng | shao1 zhuo2 teng2 | burning pain | | |
| 15 | 烧纸 | 燒紙 | shāo zhǐ | shao1 zhi3 | to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony) | | |
| 16 | 烧写器 | 燒寫器 | shāo xiě qì | shao1 xie3 qi4 | programmer (electronics) | | |
| 17 | 烧味 | 燒味 | shāo wèi | shao1 wei4 | siu mei; spit-roasted meat dish in Cantonese cuisine | | |
| 18 | 烧炭 | 燒炭 | shāo tàn | shao1 tan4 | to manufacture charcoal; to burn charcoal (often a reference to suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning) | | |
| 19 | 烧胎 | 燒胎 | shāo tāi | shao1 tai1 | burnout; peel out | | |
| 20 | 烧死 | 燒死 | shāo sǐ | shao1 si3 | to burn to death | | |
| 21 | 烧水壶 | 燒水壺 | shāo shuǐ hú | shao1 shui3 hu2 | kettle | | |
| 22 | 烧水 | 燒水 | shāo shuǐ | shao1 shui3 | to heat water; to boil water | | |
| 23 | 烧伤 | 燒傷 | shāo shāng | shao1 shang1 | burn (injury) | | |
| 24 | 烧茄子 | 燒茄子 | shāo qié zi | shao1 qie2 zi5 | stewed eggplant | | |
| 25 | 烧钱 | 燒錢 | shāo qián | shao1 qian2 | to burn joss paper; (fig.) to flush money down the toilet | | |