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炸药 (zhà yào): Explosive (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

炸药 consists of 2 characters.

to explode, to fry in oil

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 炸药.

Words with 炸

油炸yóu zhá
炸弹zhà dàn
爆炸bào zhà
轰炸hōng zhà

Words with 药

中药zhōng yào
医药yī yào
火药huǒ yào
草药cǎo yào
药品yào pǐn
药店yào diàn
药方yào fāng
药材yào cái

How to Use 炸药 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 炸药 with other words naturally.

Verb + Object

yǐn引

bào爆

zhà炸

yào药

neutral

detonate explosives

zhì制

zào造

zhà炸

yào药

neutral

manufacture explosives

Subject + Verbwith爆炸

zhà炸

yào药

bào爆

zhà炸

Measure Word + Nounwith包

yī一

bāo包

zhà炸

yào药

Adjective + Nounwith烈性

liè烈

xìng性

zhà炸

yào药

Example Sentences with 炸药

zhè这

shì是

zhà炸

yào药

。

This is explosive.

neutral

explosives detonate

neutral

a pack of explosives

formal

high explosive

jǐng警

fāng方

zài在

cāng仓

kù库

lǐ里

fā发

xiàn现

le了

dà大

liàng量

fēi非

fǎ法

chǔ储

cún存

de的

zhà炸

yào药

。

The police discovered a large amount of illegally stored explosives in the warehouse.

nǐ你

zhī知

dào道

zhè这

xiē些

zhà炸

yào药

de的

wēi威

lì力

jiū究

jìng竟

yǒu有

duō多

dà大

ma吗

？

Do you know how powerful these explosives really are?

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gōng工

rén人

zài在

gōng工

dì地

shǐ使

yòng用

zhà炸

yào药

lái来

zhà炸

kāi开

yán岩

shí石

。

Workers use explosives at the construction site to blast rocks.

wèi为

le了

ān安

quán全

qǐ起

jiàn见

，

wǒ我

men们

jué

jǐn尽

guǎn管

zhà炸

yào药

hěn很

wēi危

xiǎn险

，

dàn但

zhà炸

yào药

zài在

jūn军

shì事

hé和

cǎi采

kuàng矿

lǐng领

tā他

xiǎo小

xīn心

yì翼

yì翼

dì地

chǔ处

lǐ理

zhe着

nà

绝

duì对

bù不

néng能

bǎ把

zhà炸

yào药

fàng放

zài在

zhè这

lǐ里

。

For safety reasons, we absolutely cannot store the explosives here.

tā

它

zài在

gōng工

chéng程

jiàn建

shè设

zhōng中

bù不

kě可

huò或

quē缺

。

Although explosives are dangerous, they are indispensable in engineering construction.

yù域

dōu都

yǒu有

zhòng重

yào要

yìng应

yòng用

。

Explosives have important applications in both military and mining fields.

那

xiē些

lǎo老

jiù旧

de的

zhà炸

yào药

，

shēng生

pà怕

chū出

yì意

wài外

。

He handled those old explosives with great care, fearing an accident.