"To burn" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 燃烧 | rán shāo | to ignite / to combust / to burn / combustion / flaming |   |
| 着火 | zháo huǒ | to ignite / to burn | |
| 辣 |  là | hot (spicy) / pungent / (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting / to burn | |
| 烫 | tàng | to scald / to burn (by scalding) / to blanch (cooking) / to heat (sth) up in hot water / to perm / to iron / scalding hot | |
| 焚烧 | fén shāo | to burn / to set on fire | |
| 烧毁 | shāo huǐ | to burn / to burn down | |
| 烧录 | shāo lù | to burn (a CD or DVD) | |
| 烧焦 | shāo jiāo | to burn / to scorch / burned / burning / scorched / charred | |
| 灼伤 | zhuó shāng | a burn (tissue damage from heat, chemicals etc) / to burn (the skin etc) / (fig.) (of anger, jealousy etc) to hurt (sb) | |
| 着 | zháo | to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in | |
| 烧灼 | shāo zhuó | to burn / to scorch / to cauterize | |
| 烤焦 | kǎo jiāo | to burn (food by overroasting etc) | |
| 烧 | 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 head | |
| 燃 | rán | to burn / to ignite / to light / fig. to spark off (hopes) / to start (debate) / to raise (hopes) | |
| 焚 | fén | to burn | |
| 灼 | zhuó | luminous / burning / to burn / to cauterize | |
| 炽 | chì | to burn / to blaze / splendid / illustrious | |
| 燎 | liáo | to burn / to set afire | |
| 炷 | zhù | wick of an oil lamp / to burn (incense etc) / classifier for lit incense sticks | |
| 热烫 | rè tàng | to burn | |
| 㶶 | nóng | (dialect) to burn / to scorch | |
| 惔 | tán | to burn | |
| 爇 | rè | heat / to burn | |
| 烗 | kài | to burn / to blaze | |
