HSK 3 · Body

发烧 fāshāo “have a fever” in Chinese

Traditional 發燒

What 发烧 means

  1. have a fever
  2. to have a high temperature (from illness)
  3. (fig.) to be fascinated with
  4. to obsess over
  5. (fig.) flourishing
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • thriving
  • popular

How to say 发烧

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale发fā1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale烧shāo1st tone, high and level

发烧 in a sentence

  1. 我觉得你发烧了。

    Wǒ juéde nǐ fāshāo le.

    I think you’ve got a fever.

    Sentence #3378005 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我咳嗽，还有点发烧。

    Wǒ késou, hái yǒudiǎn fāshāo.

    I’ve got a cough and a slight fever.

    Sentence #389812 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我发烧了，全身酸痛。

    Wǒ fāshāo le, quánshēn suāntòng.

    I’ve got a fever and I ache all over.

    Sentence #14037696 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 发烧 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 发 (fā) drawn as one shape
发fāto send out

发 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 烧 (shāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
烧shāoto burn; to set on fire
  • 火fire · huǒMeaning part
  • 尧a legendary ancient emperor-sage · YáoSound part

火 hints at the meaning (fire); 尧 (Yáo) hints at the sound. Compare it with shāo.

How to write 发烧

发 5 strokes · 烧 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

发烧 (fāshāo) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 发烧 (fāshāo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 发烧

Words with 发

发fā · send out头发tóufa · hair on the head发现fāxiàn · discover发生fāshēng · to happen发展fāzhǎn · development理发lǐfà · to get a haircut出发chūfā · to set off沙发shāfā · sofa发言fāyán · to make a speech启发qǐfā · to inspire

Words with 烧

燃烧ránshāo · to burn

More words: People, Body & Health

自己zìjǐ · oneself鼻子bízi · nose锻炼duànliàn · to exercise耳朵ěrduo · ear感冒gǎnmào · catch cold个子gèzi · height健康jiànkāng · health脚jiǎo · foot body part

FAQs

发烧 (fāshāo) means “have a fever” or “to have a high temperature (from illness)”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it fāshāo: fā with a 1st tone, then shāo with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 发烧 is written 發燒. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fashao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 发烧 from the suggestions. Typing fashao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
发烧 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.