烧菜

燒菜

shāocài

verb

Meanings

HSK 1

我爸爸很会烧菜。

Wǒ bàba hěn huì shāocài.

My dad is a really good cook.

HSK 3

周末我一般自己买菜烧菜，很少出去吃。

Zhōumò wǒ yìbān zìjǐ mǎi cài shāocài, hěnshǎo chūqu chī.

At weekends I usually buy groceries and cook for myself, and I seldom eat out.

烧 'to burn' means 'to cook' in southern Mandarin, especially around Shanghai and the Jiangnan region: 烧菜, 烧饭. The north says 做菜 and 做饭.

usage

In a dish name 烧 usually means braised, as in 红烧肉 'red-braised pork'.

烧 shāo

菜 cài