烫
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to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 火 +6
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 燙
- Common rank
- #2,562
- Unicode
- U+70EB
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Formation & memory
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Words with 烫
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 死猪不怕开水烫 | (lit.) a dead pig doesn't fear scalding water (saying); (fig.) a person who has nothing mo… | |
| 烫头发 | perm; to perm hair | |
| 烫衣板 | ironing board | |
| 烫金 | (printing) to stamp with gold foil; to bronze | |
| 烫发 | perm (hairstyle) | |
| 发烫 | burning hot | |
| 烫手山芋 | hot potato; problem; trouble; headache | |
| 烫平 | to press (clothes); to iron out (wrinkles) | |
| 火烫 | burning hot; fiery; to have one's hair permed with hot curling tongs | |
| 蒸汽挂烫机 | garment steamer | |
| 热烫 | to burn | |
| 麻辣烫 | malatang (a Sichuan-style spicy soup dish) | |
| 烫衣 | to iron (clothes) | |
| 烫斗 | clothes iron | |
| 烫伤 | to scald | |
| 滚烫 | boiling hot | |
| 熨烫 | to iron (clothes) | |
| 氽烫 | to blanch (cooking) |