熨烫 (yùntàng): to iron (clothes)

Meanings

1 to iron (clothes)
2 to press

Characters

熨

yùn

to iron; to press flat

烫

tàng

to scald; hot

Examples

这件衬衫需要熨烫一下。

Zhè jiàn chènshān xūyào yùntàng yíxià.

This shirt needs ironing.

酒店提供熨烫服务。

Jiǔdiàn tígōng yùntàng fúwù.

The hotel offers ironing service.

Tips

usage

熨 can also read yù in rarer compounds, but in 熨烫 it's yùn. The character 熨 shows 火 (fire) beneath 尉 — originally a hot metal tool pressed on cloth. The modern iron is 熨斗 (yùndǒu).

Stroke Order

熨 yùn

烫 tàng

Related Words

熨 yùn #11,352

to iron (clothes) / to press

烫 tàng HSK 7 #3,305

scalding hot / boiling hot / to burn (from heat) / to iron (clothes) / to perm (hair)

熨斗 yùndǒu #19,599

clothes iron / iron

挂烫机 guàtàngjī

garment steamer / hanging clothes steamer

蒸汽熨斗 zhēngqìyùndǒu

steam iron

烫手山芋 tàngshǒushānyù

hot potato (idiom) / a thorny problem nobody wants to handle / a headache of an issue

烫染 tàngrǎn

to perm and dye (hair)

烫手 tàngshǒu

scalding / too hot to touch / (figurative) tricky or risky to handle

烫发 tàngfà #25,100

to perm (hair) / to get a permanent wave / permed hair

烫伤 tàngshāng #15,413

to scald; to burn (with hot liquid or steam) / a scald; a burn