| 烧菜 | shao1 cai4 | to cook |
| 烧录 | shao1 lu4 | to burn (a CD or DVD) |
| 烧炭 | shao1 tan4 | to manufacture charcoal |
| 燃烧的 | ran2 shao1 de5 | aflame |
| 串烧 | chuan4 shao1 | shish kebab |
| 低烧 | di1 shao1 | a low fever (up to 38C) |
| 延烧 | yan2 shao1 | |
| 混烧 | hun2 shao1 | to burn together |
| 烧到 | shao1 dao4 | to have a fever reaching (a certain temperature) |
| 烧包 | shao1 bao1 | to burn money |
| 烧埋 | shao1 mai2 | to bury |
| 烧夷弹 | shao1 yi2 dan4 | fire bomb |
| 烧心 | shao1 xin1 | to worry |