烧
Meanings
1. to burn; to set on fire
2. to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc)
3. to braise
4. to cook; to prepare food
5. to run a fever
6. fever
7. (coll.) to become full of oneself; to get carried away
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Examples21
为什么 你 要 烧 这些 图片 呢?
Why are you burning these pictures?
你 能 多 烧 一点 这个 肉 吗?
Could you cook this meat a little more?
看 完 这 封 信 请 把 它 烧 掉。
Burn this letter after you finish reading it.
但 我 有 能力 烧 得 好 菜。
But I am able to cook well.
她 问 了 怎么 烧 鱼。
She asked how to cook the fish.
我 烧 掉 了 一切。
I burned everything.