炸
药

Explosive (material) in Chinese: 炸药 (zhà yào)

zhà yào

explosive (material)

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 炸藥1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1explosive (material)

Stroke order

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炸
药

Zhuyin

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ㄓㄚˋ

zhà

ㄓ/ zhㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

ㄧㄠˋ

yào

ㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

炸药

Simplified

炸藥

Traditional

Example sentences

See 炸药 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 工人用炸药炸开了这座大山。

    gōng rén yòng zhà yào zhà kāi le zhè zuò dà shān。

    The workers used explosives to blast open this big mountain.

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Related words

药

yào

leaf of the iris

炸

zhà

to burst

油炸

yóu zhá

to deep fry

药店

yào diàn

pharmacy

药片

yào piàn

a (medicine) pill or tablet

药水

yào shuǐ

medicine in liquid form

药物

yào wù

medicaments

中药

zhōng yào

traditional Chinese medicine

爆炸

bào zhà

explosion

药品

yào pǐn

medicaments

医药

yī yào

medical care and medicines

炸弹

zhà dàn

bomb

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