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火烧, photo 1 of 3
火烧, photo 2 of 3
火烧, photo 3 of 3
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Photo credit

Photo
糖鼓火烧 2014-01-19
By
User:阴阳权政
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CC0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Photo credit

Photo
A ChaoYiXing restaurant in Laoling City serves BaZiRou and Huoshao
By
Suginami
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CC0
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Wikimedia Commons
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Photo credit

Photo
大宴鸡、火烧、皮蛋
By
Suginami
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Wikimedia Commons
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火烧

火燒
huǒshāo
verb Not spicy #11,265

Meanings

  1. 1 to set fire to
  2. 2 to burn down
  3. 3 burning hot
  4. 4 huoshao
  5. 5 baked flatbread

About the dish

冀菜 Hebei · 小吃 Snack

A baked wheat flatbread, crisp outside with soft layers inside, often with meat baked inside (肉火烧) or split and stuffed with chopped donkey meat (驴肉火烧); plain ones are sold too. Unlike 烧饼 it usually has no sesame on top.

Usually contains wheat

Examples

HSK 1
早上买了两个火烧。
Zǎoshang mǎi le liǎng ge huǒshāo.
I bought two huoshao this morning.
HSK 4
那座老房子被火烧了。
Nà zuò lǎo fángzi bèi huǒshāo le.
That old house was burned down.
HSK 7-9
太阳火烧火燎的，真受不了。
Tàiyáng huǒshāo huǒliǎo de, zhēn shòubuliǎo.
The sun is scorching hot, I really can't stand it.

Tips

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.

Stroke Order

火 huǒ
烧 shāo