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火灾

huǒ zāi

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 火災

火灾 (huǒ zāi) means "serious fire (in a city or a forest etc)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 火灾 means

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

The characters in 火灾

• 火huǒfire; urgent; ammunition
• 灾zāidisaster; calamity

Example sentences

• 火灾的原因不明。
  Huǒzāi de yuányīn bù míng.
  The cause of the fire was unknown.
• 前天发生了火灾。
  A fire broke out the day before yesterday.
• 在夜间发生了火灾。
  Zài yèjiān fāshēng le huǒzāi.
  A fire broke out during the night.
• 遇到火灾打119。
  In case of fire, dial 119.
• 这个城市毁于火灾。
  The city was destroyed by fire.
• 万一发生火灾，按铃。
  In case of fire, ring the bell.

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