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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 烧火

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
烧火 shāo huǒ - to light a fire for cooking

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
- - 50,567 44,178 41,857

Individual Character Breakdown:

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

Other Words Containing 烧火

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
烧火 - - 50,567 44,178 41,857
火烧火燎 - - 70,973 91,707 70,808