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焚烧 (fén shāo): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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焚烧 (fén shāo): Burn / incinerate (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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焚烧 consists of 2 characters.

to burn, to heat

How to Use 焚烧 in Sentences

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

Noun + Nounwith炉

fén焚

shāo烧

lú炉

neutral

incinerator

Verb + Objectwith垃圾

fén焚

shāo烧

lā垃

jī圾

Verb + Verbwith禁止

jìn禁

zhǐ止

fén焚

shāo烧

Verb + Complementwith殆尽

fén焚

shāo烧

dài殆

jìn尽

Adverb + Verbwith公开

gōng公

kāi开

fén焚

shāo烧

Example Sentences with 焚烧

tā他

fén焚

shāo烧

le了

jiù旧

bào报

zhǐ纸

neutral

burn garbage

formal

prohibit burning

formal

Written

burn to ashes

formal

public burning

。

He burned the old newspapers.

Wèi为

le了

bǎo保

hù护

huán环

jìng境

，

wǒ我

men们

bù不

yīng应

gāi该

fén焚

shāo烧

lā垃

jī圾

。

To protect the environment, we should not incinerate garbage.

wèi为

le了

jiǎn减

shǎo少

wū污

rǎn染

，

zhèng政

fǔ府

jìn禁

zhǐ止

lù露

tiān天

fén焚

shāo烧

lā垃

jī圾

。

To reduce pollution, the government prohibits open burning of garbage.

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nǐ你

nán难

dào道

bù不

zhī知

dào道

fén焚

shāo烧

sù塑

liào料

huì会

chǎn产

shēng生

yǒu有

dú毒

qì气

tǐ体

ma吗

？

Don't you know that burning plastic produces toxic gases?

nóng农

mín民

fén焚

shāo烧

jiē秸

gǎn秆

lái来

qīng清

lǐ理

tā他

men们

bìng并

méi没

yǒu有

fén焚

shāo烧

nà那

xiē些

zài在

yí仪

shì式

shàng上

，

rén人

men们

fén焚

shāo烧

wèi为

le了

xiāo销

huǐ毁

zhèng证

jù据

，

tā他

men们

lián

fén焚

shāo烧

luò落

yè叶

suī虽

rán然

fāng方

biàn便

，

dàn

tián田

dì地

。

Farmers burn straw to clear the fields.

wén文

jiàn件

，

ér而

shì是

jiāng将

qí其

cún存

dàng档

le了

。

They did not burn those documents; instead, they archived them.

xiāng

香

zhú烛

yǐ以

biǎo表

dá达

duì对

shì逝

zhě者

de的

jìng敬

yì意

。

During the ceremony, people burn incense and candles to show respect for the deceased.

连

yè夜

fén焚

shāo烧

le了

suǒ所

yǒu有

wén文

jiàn件

。

To destroy the evidence, they burned all the documents overnight.

但

huì会

jiā加

jù剧

kōng空

qì气

wū污

rǎn染

wèn问

tí题

。

Although burning fallen leaves is convenient, it worsens air pollution issues.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 焚烧.

Words with 焚

心急如焚xīn jí rú fén

Words with 烧

发烧fā shāoHSK 3
烧毁shāo huǐ
烧烤shāo kǎo
烧碱shāo jiǎn
燃烧rán shāo