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着火 (zháo huǒ): To burn (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

着 • zháo • to touch; to catch fire; to fall asleep • HSK 2.0 L2
HSK 2
zháo着

to touch; to catch fire; to fall asleep

火 • huǒ • fire • HSK 2.0 L4
HSK 4
huǒ火

fire

Word Info

Pinyinzháo huǒ
Meaningto burn
Characters2
SyntaxVerb

HSK 5 Words

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  • 导演dǎo yǎndirector
  • 达到dá dàoto achieve; attain; reach
  • 除非chú fēionly if; only when; unless
  • 诚恳chéng kěnsincere; earnest
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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 着火.

Words with 着
  • 着急zháo jíanxious
  • 接着jiē zheto catch; to carry on
  • 有着yǒu zheto have
  • 随着
suí zhe
along with
  • 着凉zháo liángcatch cold; catch a chill
  • 执着zhí zhuópersistence
  • 沉着chén zhuócool-headed; composed
  • 着想zhuó xiǎngconsider; take into consideration
    • Words with 火
    • 火车huǒ chētrain
    • 火车站huǒ chē zhànrailway station
    • 火柴huǒ cháimatch
    • 火锅huǒ guōhotpot
    • 恼火nǎo huǒannoyed; irritated; vexed
    • 火灾huǒ zāiserious fire (in a city or a forest etc)
    • 火焰huǒ yànflame; blaze
    • 火箭huǒ jiànrocket; fire arrow
    4.

    How to Use 着火 in Sentences

    Verb + Particlewith了
    zháo着
    huǒ火
    le了
    neutralSpoken
    caught fire
    Adverb + Verbwith突然
    tū突
    rán然
    zháo着
    huǒ火
    Subject + Verbwith房子
    fáng房
    zi子
    zháo着
    huǒ火
    Verb + Objectwith防止
    fáng防
    zhǐ止
    zháo着
    huǒ火
    5.

    Example Sentences with 着火

    sēn森
    lín林
    zháo着
    huǒ火
    shí时
    ，
    neutral
    catch fire suddenly
    neutral
    house on fire
    formal
    prevent fire
    xiāo
    消
    fáng防
    yuán员
    hěn很
    kuài快
    jiù就
    gǎn赶
    dào到
    le了
    。
    When the forest caught fire, the firefighters arrived quickly.
    fáng房
    zi子
    zháo着
    huǒ火
    le了
    。
    The house is on fire.
    bào报
    gào告
    zhǐ指
    chū出
    ，
    cāng仓
    kù库
    zháo着
    huǒ火
    de的
    yuán原
    yīn因
    kě可
    néng能
    shì是
    diàn电
    lù路
    lǎo老
    huà化
    。
    The report indicates that the cause of the warehouse fire may be aging electrical circuits.
    sēn森
    lín林
    zháo着
    huǒ火
    shí时
    ，
    xiāo消
    fáng防
    yuán员
    men们
    xùn迅
    sù速
    gǎn赶
    dào到
    xiàn现
    chǎng场
    miè灭
    huǒ火
    。
    When the forest caught fire, firefighters quickly arrived at the scene to put it out.
    jǐn尽
    guǎn管
    huǒ火
    shì势
    hěn很
    dà大
    ，
    dàn但
    fù附
    jìn近
    de的
    jiàn建
    zhù筑
    wù物
    bìng并
    wèi未
    zháo着
    huǒ火
    。
    Although the fire was intense, the nearby buildings did not catch fire.