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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 火烧

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
火烧 huǒ shāo - to set fire to
- to burn down
- burning hot
- baked cake

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 11,265 14,848 10,271

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
huǒ- surname Huo
huǒ- fire
- urgent
- ammunition
- fiery or flaming
- internal heat (Chinese medicine)
- hot (popular)
- classifier for military units (old)
- Kangxi radical 86
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

Other Words Containing 火烧

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
火烧 - - 11,265 14,848 10,271
引火烧身 - - 33,735 73,258 62,967
火烧云 - - 64,388 94,752 53,594
火烧火燎 - - 70,973 91,707 70,808