烧
毁

To burn in Chinese: 烧毁 (shāo huǐ)

shāo huǐ

to burn

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 燒燬1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to burn
  2. 2to burn down

Stroke order

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烧
毁

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄠ

shāo

ㄕ/ shㄠ/ ao—/ first tone

ㄏㄨㄟˇ

huǐ

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

烧毁

Simplified

燒燬

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 那场大火烧毁了整座房子。

    nà chǎng dà huǒ shāo huǐ le zhěng zuò fáng zi。

    That fire burned the whole house to the ground.

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Related words

烧

shāo

to burn

毁

huǐ

to destroy

发烧

fā shāo

to have a high temperature (from illness)

燃烧

rán shāo

to ignite

摧毁

cuī huǐ

to destroy

焚烧

fén shāo

to burn

毁坏

huǐ huài

to damage

毁灭

huǐ miè

to perish

烧烤

shāo kǎo

barbecue

销毁

xiāo huǐ

to destroy (by melting or burning)

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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