Keyword
to scald
- to iron clothes or hair
- Frequency
- #2605
- Strokes
- 10
Readings
tàng
Mnemonic
火 (fire) gives the meaning and 汤 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
烫
to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot
烫伤
to scald
滚烫
boiling hot
烫手山芋
hot potato; problem; trouble; headache
烫发
perm (hairstyle)
熨烫
to iron (clothes)
发烫
burning hot
烫金
(printing) to stamp with gold foil; to bronze
麻辣烫
malatang (a Sichuan-style spicy soup dish)
火烫
burning hot; fiery; to have one's hair permed with hot curling tongs
烫头发
perm; to perm hair
烫衣
to iron (clothes)
烫平
to press (clothes); to iron out (wrinkles)
热烫
to burn
死猪不怕开水烫
(lit.) a dead pig doesn't fear scalding water (saying); (fig.) a person who has nothing more to lose will go to any lengths, regardless of the consequences