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Serious fire (in a city or a forest etc) in Chinese: 火灾 (huǒ zāi)

huǒ zāi

serious fire (in a city or a forest etc)

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 火災1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1serious fire (in a city or a forest etc)

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ㄏㄨㄛˇ

huǒ

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˇ/ third tone

ㄗㄞ

zāi

ㄗ/ zㄞ/ ai—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

火灾

Simplified

火災

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 那场火灾让很多人失去了家。

    nà chǎng huǒ zāi ràng hěn duō rén shī qù le jiā。

    That fire caused many people to lose their homes.

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Related words

火

huǒ

fire

灾

zāi

disaster

火柴

huǒ chái

match (for lighting fire)

灾害

zāi hài

calamity

火车

huǒ chē

train

着火

zháo huǒ

to catch fire

火腿

huǒ tuǐ

ham

救灾

jiù zāi

to relieve disaster

受灾

shòu zāi

disaster-stricken

水灾

shuǐ zāi

flood

灾难

zāi nàn

disaster

灾区

zāi qū

disaster area

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