烧毁 meaning in English

shāohuǐ

to destroy (or be destroyed) by fire

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 燒燬23 strokes

Meaning of 烧毁

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shāohuǐ

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

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.

十shí间jiān房fáng屋wū被bèi烧shāo毁huǐ了le。

Ten houses were burned down.

昨zuó晚wǎn发fā生shēng了le一yī场cháng火huǒ灾zāi，三sān栋dòng房fáng屋wū被bèi烧shāo毁huǐ了le。

A fire broke out last night and three houses were burnt down.

我wǒ的de书shū有yǒu过guò半bàn数shù被bèi昨zuó晚wǎn的de那nà场chǎng火huǒ灾zāi烧shāo毁huǐ了le。

More than half of my books were destroyed by the fire last night.

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Words that share a character with 烧毁.

燃烧	ránshāo	to ignite; to combust
发烧	fāshāo	to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever; (fig.) to be fascinated with;
摧毁	cuīhuǐ	to destroy; to wreck
毁灭	huǐmiè	to perish; to ruin
销毁	xiāohuǐ	to destroy (by melting or burning); to obliterate
烧烤	shāokǎo	barbecue; to roast
毁坏	huǐhuài	to damage; to devastate
焚烧	fénshāo	to burn; to set on fire
毁掉	huǐdiào	to destroy
烧死	shāosǐ	to burn to death
坠毁	zhuìhuǐ	(of an airplane etc) to fall to the ground and crash
烧伤	shāoshāng	burn (injury)

What does 烧毁 mean?

烧毁 (shāohuǐ) means "to destroy (or be destroyed) by fire" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 烧毁?

烧毁 is made of 2 characters: 烧 (10 strokes), 毁 (13 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.

Is 烧毁 an HSK word?

Yes. 烧毁 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 烧毁 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 烧毁 is written 燒燬.