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着火

zháo huǒ

HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 著火

着火 (zháo huǒ) means "to catch fire". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 着火 means

1. to catch fire

The characters in 着火

• 着zheaspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
• 火huǒfire; urgent; ammunition

Example sentences

• 着火了！
  Fire!
• 着火啦！
  It's on fire!
• 房子着火了。
  The house was in flames.
• 纸容易着火。
  Paper burns easily.
• 木头容易着火。
  Wood burns easily.
• 纸很容易着火。
  Paper is very easy to set on fire.

Words starting with 着火

• 着火点zháo huǒ diǎnignition point (temperature); combustion point

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