燃烧 燃燒 rán shāo to ignite / to combust / to burn / combustion / flaming syn 着 著 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 syn 烧伤 燒傷 shāo shāng burn (injury) syn 擦伤 擦傷 cā shāng to abrade / to scrape / to chafe / to graze / abrasion / friction burn / scratch 火烧 火燒 huǒ shāo to set fire to / to burn down / burning hot / baked cake syn 焚烧 焚燒 fén shāo to burn / to set on fire syn 灼伤 灼傷 zhuó shāng a burn (tissue damage from heat, chemicals etc) / to burn (the skin etc) / (fig.) (of anger, jealousy etc) to hurt (sb) syn 炙手可热 炙手可熱 zhì shǒu kě rè lit. burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom) / fig. arrogance of the powerful / a mighty figure no-one dares approach / hot (exciting or in favor) 化工厂 化工廠 huà gōng chǎng chemical factory / chemical plant 化工 huà gōng chemical industry (abbr. for 化學工業|化学工业[hua4xue2 gong1ye4]) / chemical engineering (abbr. for 化學工程|化学工程[hua4xue2 gong1cheng2]) 焚毁 焚燬 fén huǐ to burn down / to destroy with fire syn 农药 農藥 nóng yào agricultural chemical / farm chemical / pesticide 烧灼 燒灼 shāo zhuó to burn / to scorch / to cauterize syn 付之一炬 fù zhī yī jù to put to the torch (idiom) / to commit to the flames / to burn sth down deliberately syn 吃苦头 吃苦頭 chī kǔ tou to suffer / to suffer for one's actions / to pay dearly / to burn one's fingers syn 开夜车 開夜車 kāi yè chē to burn the midnight oil / to work late into the night syn 冒火 mào huǒ to get angry / to burn with rage syn 心急如焚 xīn jí rú fén to burn with impatience / torn with anxiety syn 死灰复燃 死灰復燃 sǐ huī fù rán lit. ashes burn once more (idiom) / fig. sb lost returns to have influence / sth malevolent returns to haunt one syn 烧香 燒香 shāo xiāng to burn incense syn 破釜沉舟 pò fǔ chén zhōu lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom) / fig. to cut off one's means of retreat / to burn one's boats syn 焚香 fén xiāng to burn incense syn 烧纸 燒紙 shāo zhǐ to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony) 火烛 火燭 huǒ zhú fire and candles / household things that burn syn 刻录 刻錄 kè lù to record on a CD or DVD / to burn a disc 烧录 燒錄 shāo lù to burn (a CD or DVD) 烧掉 燒掉 shāo diào to burn / to char / to cremate / to incinerate 烧死 燒死 shāo sǐ to burn to death 烧焦 燒焦 shāo jiāo to burn / to scorch / burned / burning / scorched / charred 烧钱 燒錢 shāo qián to burn joss paper / (fig.) to flush money down the toilet 杀人放火 殺人放火 shā rén fàng huǒ to kill and burn (idiom) / murder and arson 燃尽 燃盡 rán jìn burn-out / cut-off 进香 進香 jìn xiāng to burn incense at a temple 玉石俱焚 yù shí jù fén to burn both jade and common stone / to destroy indiscriminately (idiom) 烤焦 kǎo jiāo to burn (food by overroasting etc) 灼痛 zhuó tòng burn (i.e. wound) / burning pain 烧 燒 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 syn 辣 là hot (spicy) / pungent / (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting / to burn syn 烫 燙 tàng to scald / to burn (by scalding) / to blanch (cooking) / to heat (sth) up in hot water / to perm / to iron / scalding hot syn 燃 rán to burn / to ignite / to light / fig. to spark off (hopes) / to start (debate) / to raise (hopes) syn 焚 fén to burn syn 灼 zhuó to burn / to sear / to scorch / (bound form) bright / luminous syn 火辣辣 huǒ là là scorching hot / (of a burn or other injury) painful / burning / (of one's mood) agitated / heated / intense / (of a personality) fiery / sharp-tongued / (Tw) (of a woman's figure) smoking hot syn 炽 熾 chì to burn / to blaze / splendid / illustrious syn 燎 liáo to burn / to set afire syn 炷 zhù wick of an oil lamp / to burn (incense etc) / classifier for lit incense sticks syn 刀耕火种 刀耕火種 dāo gēng huǒ zhòng slash and burn (agriculture) syn 烧荒 燒荒 shāo huāng to clear waste land or forest by burning / slash-and-burn (agriculture) 焚书 焚書 fén shū to burn the books (one of the crimes of the first Emperor in 212 BC) 燃眉 rán méi to burn one's eyebrows / fig. desperately serious situation 燔 fán burn / to roast meat for sacrifice syn 反应 反應 fǎn yìng to react / to respond / reaction / response / reply / chemical reaction / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 金 jīn gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn 化学 化學 huà xué chemistry / chemical syn 化验 化驗 huà yàn chemical examination / to do a lab test 药剂 藥劑 yào jì medicine / medicament / drug / chemical compound syn 化合物 huà hé wù chemical compound 化学反应 化學反應 huà xué fǎn yìng chemical reaction 颗粒 顆粒 kē lì kernel / granule / granulated (sugar, chemical product) syn 制剂 製劑 zhì jì (chemical or pharmaceutical) preparation syn 化学武器 化學武器 huà xué wǔ qì chemical weapon 毒剂 毒劑 dú jì a poison / a toxic agent / poison gas / a chemical weapon 定性 dìng xìng to determine the nature (of sth) / to determine the chemical composition (of a substance) / qualitative syn 化肥 huà féi chemical fertilizer syn 水解 shuǐ jiě hydrolysis (chemical reaction with water) 化合 huà hé chemical combination 化学工业 化學工業 huà xué gōng yè chemical industry (abbr. to 化工[hua4gong1]) 化学式 化學式 huà xué shì chemical formula (e.g. water H2O) 中石化 zhōng shí huà China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, Sinopec / abbr. for 中國石油化工股份有限公司|中国石油化工股份有限公司 化学成分 化學成分 huà xué chéng fèn chemical composition 基质 基質 jī zhì base solvent (of chemical compound) / stroma (framing biological tissue) 化学工程 化學工程 huà xué gōng chéng chemical engineering 化学性质 化學性質 huà xué xìng zhì chemical property 浸种 浸種 jìn zhǒng to soak seeds (in water to hasten germination, or in a chemical solution to prevent damage from insects etc) 碱基 鹼基 jiǎn jī chemical base / nucleobase 青蒿素 qīng hāo sù Arteannuin (anti-malaria chemical) / Artemisinin / Qinghaosu 反应锅 反應鍋 fǎn yìng guō (chemical engineering) reaction vessel / reaction tank 键 鍵 jiàn key (on a piano or computer keyboard) / button (on a mouse or other device) / chemical bond / linchpin 化学元素 化學元素 huà xué yuán sù chemical element 极性 極性 jí xìng (chemical, electrical) polarity / polarized 化学键 化學鍵 huà xué jiàn chemical bond 化学剂 化學劑 chemical agent 化学能 化學能 huà xué néng chemical energy 心急火燎 xīn jí huǒ liǎo to burn with anxiety syn 烧炭 燒炭 shāo tàn to manufacture charcoal / to burn charcoal (often a reference to suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning) 化学战 化學戰 huà xué zhàn chemical warfare 吩 fēn used in 吩咐[fen1fu5] / used in transliteration of chemical compounds 腐蚀剂 腐蝕劑 fǔ shí jì a corrosive (chemical) 化武 huà wǔ chemical weapon / abbr. for 化學武器|化学武器[hua4 xue2 wu3 qi4] 反应式 反應式 fǎn yìng shì equation of a chemical reaction 卟啉 bǔ lín porphyrin (organic chemical essential to hemoglobin and chlorophyll) (loanword) 解吸 jiě xī to de-absorb / to get a chemical out of solution 核生化 hé shēng huà nuclear, biological and chemical 吖 ā (used in transliterating chemical names) 化学变化 化學變化 huà xué biàn huà chemical change / chemical transformation 付之丙丁 fù zhī bǐng dīng to burn down (idiom) 俾夜作昼 俾夜作晝 bǐ yè zuò zhòu lit. to make night as day (idiom) / fig. to burn the midnight oil / work especially hard 拣佛烧香 揀佛燒香 jiǎn fó shāo xiāng to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom) / fig. to curry favor from the right person 焚书坑儒 焚書坑儒 fén shū kēng rú to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]) 