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火灾 (huǒ zāi): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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火灾 (huǒ zāi): Serious fire (in a city or a forest etc) (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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火灾 consists of 2 characters.

calamity, disaster, catastrophe

Example Sentences with 火灾

huǒ火

zāi灾

fā发

shēng生

shí时

qǐng请

lì立

jí即

bào报

jǐng警

。

Please call the police immediately when a fire occurs.

xiāo消

fáng防

yuán员

xùn迅

sù速

gǎn赶

dào到

xiàn现

chǎng场

pū

xiāo消

fáng防

yuán员

xùn迅

sù速

gǎn赶

dào到

huǒ火

zāi灾

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xiāo消

fáng防

yuán员

xùn迅

sù速

pū扑

jiù救

扑

miè灭

le了

nà那

chǎng场

sēn森

lín林

huǒ火

zāi灾

。

The firefighters quickly arrived at the scene and extinguished the forest fire.

xiàn

现

chǎng场

。

Firefighters quickly arrived at the fire scene

huǒ

火

zāi灾

xiàn现

chǎng场

。

Firefighters quickly rescue the fire scene.

zhè这

cì次

huǒ火

zāi灾

zào造

chéng成

le了

jù巨

dà大

sǔn损

shī失

。

This fire caused huge losses.

huǒ火

zāi灾

xiàn现

chǎng场

mí弥

màn漫

zhe着

nóng浓

mì密

de的

yān烟

wù雾

。

Dense smoke filled the fire scene.

zuó昨

tiān天

xué学

xiào校

fā发

shēng生

le了

yī一

cháng场

huǒ火

zāi灾

。

A fire occurred at the school yesterday.

xiāo消

fáng防

yuán员

jí及

shí时

qiǎng抢

jiù救

le了

bèi被

kùn困

zài在

huǒ火

zāi灾

zhōng中

de的

rén人

men们

。

The firefighters promptly rescued the people trapped in the fire.

xiāo消

fáng防

bù部

mén门

tí提

xǐng醒

shì市

mín民

zhù注

yì意

yòng用

diàn电

ān安

quán全

，

yù预

fáng防

huǒ火

zāi灾

。

The fire department reminds citizens to pay attention to electrical safety to prevent fires.

zhè这

chǎng场

sēn森

lín林

huǒ火

zāi灾

bù不

jǐn仅

pò破

huài坏

le了

shēng生

tài态

huán环

jìng境

，

hái还

zào造

chéng成

le了

yán严

zhòng重

de的

jīng经

jì济

zāi灾

nàn难

。

This forest fire not only damaged the ecological environment but also caused a severe economic disaster.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 火灾.

Words with 火

火车站huǒ chē zhànHSK 2
上火shàng huǒ
发火fā huǒ
恼火nǎo huǒ
火候huǒ hou
火山huǒ shān
火暴huǒ bào
火柴huǒ chái

Words with 灾

受灾shòu zāi
救灾jiù zāi
旱灾hàn zāi
水灾shuǐ zāi
灾区zāi qū
灾害zāi hài
灾难zāi nàn
蝗灾huáng zāi