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The Cantonese word siu - 烧 - siu1
(to burn in Cantonese)





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Romanization (Jyutping)

siu1

English translations

to burn, to cook, to roast, to run a fever

Chinese character (simplified) and stroke order animation"How do I write 烧 ( siu1 ) correctly?"

The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This Cantonese dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all individual characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly.
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烧 ( siu / siu1 ) in traditional characters
Character complexity
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is composed of 10 strokes and therefore is of average complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

to kindle  |  barbecue
烧 ( siu / siu1 ) belongs to the 3000 most common Chinese characters (rank 1088)
Other characters that are pronounced siu1 in Cantonese
More words that mean to burn in Cantonese
jin4 ( 燃 )
More words that mean to cook in Cantonese
bou1 ( 煲 ), zyu2 ( 煮 )

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