坠毁 meaning in English

zhuìhuǐ

(of an airplane etc) to fall to the ground and crash

Traditional 墜毀20 strokes

Meaning of 坠毁

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zhuìhuǐ
  1. (of an airplane etc) to fall to the ground and crash

坠毁 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

上shàng个gè星xīng期qī这zhè架jià飞fēi机jī坠zhuì毁huǐ了le。
The plane crash was only last week.
他tā的de飞fēi机jī在zài山shān上shàng坠zhuì毁huǐ。
His airplane crashed in the mountains.
根gēn据jù电diàn视shì新xīn闻wén,一yī架jià飞fēi机jī在zài印yìn度dù坠zhuì毁huǐ了le。
According to TV news, there was a plane crash in India.
飞fēi机jī坠zhuì毁huǐ了le。
The plane crashed.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

坠 zhuì · to fall · 7 strokes

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毁 huǐ · to destroy · 13 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 坠毁.

摧毁cuīhuǐto destroy; to wreck
毁灭huǐmièto perish; to ruin
烧毁shāohuǐto destroy (or be destroyed) by fire
销毁xiāohuǐto destroy (by melting or burning); to obliterate
毁坏huǐhuàito damage; to devastate
摇摇欲坠yáoyáo-yùzhuìtottering; on the verge of collapse
下坠xiàzhuì(of objects) to fall; to drop
毁掉huǐdiàoto destroy
坠落zhuìluòto fall; to drop
坠入zhuìrùto drop into; to fall into
炸毁zhàhuǐto blow up; to destroy with explosives
坠机zhuìjīairplane crash

Questions about 坠毁

What does 坠毁 mean?

坠毁 (zhuìhuǐ) means "(of an airplane etc) to fall to the ground and crash".

How do you write 坠毁?

坠毁 is made of 2 characters: 坠 (7 strokes), 毁 (13 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

How is 坠毁 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 坠毁 is written 墜毀.