焚 fan⁴ {fén}

to burn

焚化 fan⁴ faa³ {fén huà}

to cremate

焚風〔-风〕 fan⁴ fung¹ {fén fēng}

foehn wind (loanword)

焚香 fan⁴ hoeng¹ {fén xiāng}

to burn incense

焚硯〔-砚〕 fan⁴ jin⁶ {fén yàn}

1. to destroy one's ink-slab
2. to write no more because others write so much better (idiom)

焚屍〔-尸〕 fan⁴ si¹ {fén shī}

to cremate

焚燒〔-烧〕 fan⁴ siu¹ {fén shāo}

1. to burn
2. to set on fire

焚書〔-书〕 fan⁴ syu¹ {fén shū}

to burn the books (one of the crimes of the first Emperor in 212 BC)

焚毀〔-毁〕 fan⁴ wai² {fén huǐ}

1. to burn down
2. to destroy with fire

焚化爐〔--炉〕 fan⁴ faa³ lou⁴ {fén huà lú}

incinerator

焚屍爐〔-尸炉〕 fan⁴ si¹ lou⁴ {fén shī lú}

1. crematorium
2. crematory oven

焚膏繼晷〔--继-〕 fan⁴ gou¹ gai³ gwai² {fén gāo jì guǐ}

to burn the midnight oil (idiom); to work continuously night and day

焚香敬神 fan⁴ hoeng¹ ging³ san⁴ {fén xiāng jìng shén}

to burn incense in prayer to a God

焚琴煮鶴〔---鹤〕 fan⁴ kam⁴ zyu² hok⁶ {fén qín zhǔ hè}

1. lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes
2. fig. to waste valuable resources
3. to destroy wantonly beautiful things

焚書坑儒〔-书--〕 fan⁴ syu¹ haang¹ jyu⁴ {fén shū kēng rú}

to burn the books and bury alive the Confucian scholars (one of the crimes of the first Emperor in 212 BC)