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火烧 meaning in English

huǒshāo

to set fire to; to burn down

Traditional 火燒14 strokes

Meaning of 火烧

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

huǒshāo
  1. to set fire to
  2. to burn down
  3. burning hot
  4. baked cake

火烧 in example sentences

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

战zhàn火huǒ烧shāo到dào了le非fēi洲zhōu。
The war in Europe was carried into Africa.
他tā放fàng火huǒ烧shāo了le自zì己jǐ的de房fáng子zi。
He set fire to his own house.
他tā放fàng火huǒ烧shāo了le校xiào舍shè。
He set fire to the school building.
爸bà爸bà用yòng火huǒ烧shāo鸡jī肉ròu
Dad uses fire to roast a chicken.
著zhù名míng的de酒jiǔ店diàn几jī乎hū被bèi大dà火huǒ烧shāo毁huǐ了le。
The famous hotel was practically destroyed by a large fire.

Stroke order for each character

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

火 huǒ · fire · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

烧 shāo · to burn · 10 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10

Related words

Words that share a character with 火烧.

火车huǒchētrain
燃烧ránshāoto ignite; to combust
着火zháohuǒto catch fire
发烧fāshāoto have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever; (fig.) to be fascinated with;
火灾huǒzāiserious fire (in a city or a forest etc)
火腿huǒtuǐham
火柴huǒcháimatch (for lighting fire)
火箭huǒjiànrocket
火焰huǒyànblaze; flame
火山huǒshānvolcano
发火fāhuǒto catch fire; to ignite; to lose one's temper; to blow up
点火diǎnhuǒto ignite; to light a fire

Questions about 火烧

What does 火烧 mean?

火烧 (huǒshāo) means "to set fire to; to burn down".

How do you write 火烧?

火烧 is made of 2 characters: 火 (4 strokes), 烧 (10 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

How is 火烧 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 火烧 is written 火燒.