发烧
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 3
发烧 (fāshāo) · to have a fever
发烧 (fāshāo) means “to have a fever”. It is written with 2 characters: 发 (to send) + 烧 (to burn). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 发烧 is built
The characters
发 fā · to send
What 发 is made of
- 又yòu — (once) again
烧 shāo · to burn
What 烧 is made of
- 火huǒ — fire
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
- 人rén — person
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 尧yáo — a legendary ancient emperor-sage
- 戈gē — spear
- 兀wù — weak
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 儿ér — child
Origin hint: 火 gives the meaning, 尧 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
孩子发烧了，要去医院。Háizi fāshāo le, yào qù yīyuàn.The child has a fever and needs to go to the hospital.
你今天还发烧吗？Nǐ jīntiān hái fāshāo ma?Do you still have a fever today?
Questions about 发烧
What does 发烧 mean?
发烧 (fāshāo) means “to have a fever”.
How do you pronounce 发烧?
发烧 is pronounced fāshāo.
Which HSK level is 发烧?
发烧 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 3.
Related words
- 出发chūfāto set off
- 发现fāxiànto find
- 头发tóufahair (on the head)
- 发表fābiǎoto publish
- 发出fāchūto send out
- 发达fādádeveloped
- 发动fādòngto start (an engine)
- 发明fāmíngto invent
- 发生fāshēngto happen
- 发送fāsòngto send
Learn 发烧 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 21: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.