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烧烤

shāo kǎo

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 燒烤

烧烤 (shāo kǎo) means "barbecue; to roast". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 烧烤 means

1. barbecue
2. to roast

The characters in 烧烤

• 烧shāoto burn; to set on fire; to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc); to braise
• 烤kǎoto roast; to grill; to broil; to bake; to toast (bread); to warm oneself by a fire

Example sentences

• 我喜欢烧烤食物。
  Wǒ xǐhuan shāokǎo shíwù.
  I love barbecue.
• 我们星期天要去烧烤。
  Wǒmen Xīngqītiān yào qù shāokǎo.
  We're having a barbeque on Sunday.
• 我们将在海滩举行烧烤聚会。
  We'll have a barbecue at the beach.
• 我们要在海边在烧烤架上烤肉。
  Wǒmen yào zài hǎibiān zài shāokǎo jià shàng kǎoròu.
  We'll have a barbecue at the beach.

Words starting with 烧烤

• 烧烤酱shāo kǎo jiàngbarbecue sauce

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