烧 — meaning in English
shāo
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English meaning
- burn noun An injury to skin or tissue caused by heat, fire, chemicals, or radiation.
- cremate verb To reduce a dead body to ashes by burning, as an alternative to burial.
- incinerate verb To destroy something completely by burning.
Senses
烧 is used for these senses in English:
- burn (transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire.
- cremate (transitive) To burn something to ashes.
- incinerate (transitive) To destroy by burning.
burn — full definition
- noun An injury to skin or tissue caused by heat, fire, chemicals, or radiation.
- noun A sharp, cutting insult, especially one delivered wittily.
- verb To be damaged, destroyed, or consumed by fire.
- verb To injure with heat, fire, or a caustic substance.
- verb To copy data onto a CD, DVD, or similar disc.
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