烧烤 meaning in English

shāokǎo

barbecue; to roast

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 燒烤20 strokes

Meaning of 烧烤

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shāokǎo
  1. barbecue
  2. to roast

烧烤 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ喜xǐ欢huān烧shāo烤kǎo食shí物wù。
I love barbecue.
我wǒ们men将jiāng在zài海hǎi滩tān举jǔ行xíng烧shāo烤kǎo聚jù会huì。
We'll have a barbecue at the beach.
我wǒ们men星xīng期qī天tiān要yào去qù烧shāo烤kǎo。
We're having a barbeque on Sunday.

Stroke order for each character

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烧 shāo · to burn · 10 strokes

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烤 kǎo · to roast · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 烧烤.

燃烧ránshāoto ignite; to combust
发烧fāshāoto have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever; (fig.) to be fascinated with;
烤肉kǎoròuto barbecue meat; to roast meat; barbecued meat; roast meat
烤鸭kǎoyāroast duck
烧毁shāohuǐto destroy (or be destroyed) by fire
焚烧fénshāoto burn; to set on fire
烧死shāosǐto burn to death
烧伤shāoshāngburn (injury)
烤箱kǎoxiāngoven
火烧huǒshāoto set fire to; to burn down
烧焦shāojiāoto burn; to scorch
烤焦kǎojiāoto burn (food by overroasting etc)

Questions about 烧烤

What does 烧烤 mean?

烧烤 (shāokǎo) means "barbecue; to roast" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 烧烤?

烧烤 is made of 2 characters: 烧 (10 strokes), 烤 (10 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

Is 烧烤 an HSK word?

Yes. 烧烤 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 烧烤 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 烧烤 is written 燒烤.