放火 meaning in English
to set on fire; to commit arson
12 strokes
Meaning of 放火
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
fànghuǒ
- to set on fire
- to commit arson
- to create a disturbance
放火 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
他放火烧了自己的房子。
He set fire to his own house.
他放火烧了校舍。
He set fire to the school building.
为了报仇，他们放火烧了邻居的家。
They set fire to their neighbor's house in revenge.
Stroke order for each character
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放 fàng · to put · 8 strokes
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火 huǒ · fire · 4 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 放火.
| 火车 | huǒchē | train |
| 放学 | fàngxué | to dismiss students at the end of the school day |
| 放假 | fàngjià | to have a holiday or vacation |
| 放下 | fàngxia | to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside |
| 放心 | fàngxīn | to feel relieved; to feel reassured |
| 放到 | fàngdào | |
| 播放 | bōfàng | to broadcast; to transmit (by radio or TV) |
| 开放 | kāifàng | to bloom; to open |
| 放松 | fàngsōng | to relax; to slacken; to loosen |
| 着火 | zháohuǒ | to catch fire |
| 放弃 | fàngqì | to renounce; to abandon; to give up |
| 解放 | jiěfàng | to liberate; to emancipate |
Questions about 放火
What does 放火 mean?
放火 (fànghuǒ) means "to set on fire; to commit arson".
How do you write 放火?
放火 is made of 2 characters: 放 (8 strokes), 火 (4 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.