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烧毁

烧毁 (shāo huǐ): Burn down / destroy by fire (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

烧毁 consists of 2 characters.

to burn, to heat

to destroy, ruin, damage

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

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Pinyinshāo huǐ

Meaningburn down / destroy by fire

Characters2

HSK3.0 Level 7-9

SyntaxVerb

Word烧毁

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3.

How to Use 烧毁 in Sentences

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

Passive + Verbwith大火

bèi被

dà大

huǒ火

shāo烧

huǐ毁

neutral

destroyed by a big fire

Adverb + Verbwith完全

wán完

quán全

shāo烧

huǐ毁

Verb + Objectwith文件

shāo烧

huǐ毁

wén文

jiàn件

Verb + Complementwith殆尽

shāo烧

huǐ毁

dài殆

jìn尽

4.

Example Sentences with 烧毁

huǒ火

bǎ把

fáng房

zi子

shāo烧

huǐ毁

le了

neutral

completely destroyed by fire

neutral

burn documents

formal

Written

burned to ashes

。

The fire burned down the house.

nà那

chǎng场

dà大

huǒ火

shāo烧

huǐ毁

le了

sān三

dòng栋

gǔ古

lǎo老

de的

jiàn建

zhù筑

。

That big fire burned down three ancient buildings.

nà那

chǎng场

yì意

wài外

de的

huǒ火

zāi灾

，

chè彻

dǐ底

shāo烧

huǐ毁

le了

tā他

duō多

nián年

de的

yán研

jiū究

shǒu手

gǎo稿

。

That unexpected fire completely burned down his years of research manuscripts.

nǐ你

què确

dìng定

nà那

pī批

zhòng重

yào要

zhèng证

jù据

méi没

yǒu有

bèi被

shāo烧

huǐ毁

ma吗

？

Are you sure that batch of important evidence hasn't been destroyed by fire?

tā他

shāo烧

huǐ毁

le了

nà那

xiē些

jiù旧

wén文

jiàn件

。

He burned those old documents.

xìng幸

hǎo好

xiāo消

fáng防

yuán员

jí及

shí时

gǎn赶

dào到

，

fǒu否

zé则

zhěng整

gè个

cāng仓

kù库

dōu都

huì会

bèi被

shāo烧

huǐ毁

。

Fortunately, the firefighters arrived in time, otherwise the entire warehouse would have been burned down.

yóu由

yú于

cǎi采

qǔ取

le了

yán严

gé格

de的

fáng防

huǒ火

cuò措

shī施

，

gōng工

chǎng厂

bìng并

wèi未

bèi被

dà大

huǒ火

shāo烧

huǐ毁

。

Due to strict fire prevention measures, the factory was not destroyed by the fire.

sēn森

lín林

dà大

huǒ火

shāo烧

huǐ毁

le了

xǔ许

duō多

shù树

mù木

。

The forest fire destroyed many trees.

tīng听

shuō说

zuó昨

wǎn晚

jiē街

jiǎo角

nà那

jiā家

lǎo老

shū书

diàn店

bèi被

shāo烧

huǐ毁

le了

，

zhēn真

kě可

xī惜

。

I heard the old bookstore on the street corner was burned down last night, what a pity.