烧饭

燒飯

shāofàn

verb

Meanings

HSK 3

你先休息，我去烧饭。

Nǐ xiān xiūxi, wǒ qù shāofàn.

You have a rest; I'll go and cook.

HSK 6

她每天下班回家还要烧饭、洗衣服、辅导孩子写作业。

Tā měitiān xiàbān huí jiā hái yào shāofàn, xǐ yīfu, fǔdǎo háizi xiě zuòyè.

Every day after work she still has to cook, do the laundry and help her child with homework.

usage

Southern usage, especially around Shanghai and Jiangnan, where 烧 means 'to cook'. The north says 做饭. Cooking dishes is 烧菜 in the same region.

烧 shāo

饭 fàn