火烧

火燒

huǒshāo

verb #11,265

Meanings

那座老房子被火烧了。

Nà zuò lǎofángzi bèi huǒshāo le.

That old house was burned down.

太阳火烧火燎的，真受不了。

Tàiyáng huǒshāo huǒ liáo de, zhēn shòubuliǎo.

The sun is scorching hot, I really can't stand it.

usage

火烧 can function as a verb (to burn) or as a noun referring to a type of baked flatbread (similar to 烧饼). Context determines which meaning.

memory

Picture fire (火) burning (烧) something -- double fire imagery makes this easy to remember.

火 huǒ

烧 shāo