空烧

空燒
kōngshāo

to heat empty cookware (as when forgetting to put water in a kettle, pot, etc.); to dry heat cookware

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 空 kōng
  1. empty
  2. air
  3. sky
  4. in vain
=1 空 kòng
  1. to empty
  2. vacant
  3. unoccupied
  4. space
  5. leisure
  6. free time
=1 空 kǒng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 孔 (kǒng, “hole; cave; mouth”)
  2. alternative form of 孔 (kǒng, “hole; cave; mouth”)
2 烧 shāo
  1. to burn
  2. to cook
  3. to stew
  4. to bake
  5. to roast
  6. to heat
  7. to boil (tea, water etc)
  8. fever
  9. to run a temperature
  10. (coll.) to let things go to one's head