to burn (v.)
HSK 5
Traditional
著火
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Examples
厨房突然着火了。 chúfáng tūrán zháohuǒ le. - The kitchen suddenly caught fire.
这栋房子已经着火了。 zhè dòng fángzi yǐjīng zháohuǒ le. - This building is already on fire.
他发现车子着火后立刻拨打了报警电话。 tā fāxiàn chēzi zháohuǒ hòu lìkè bōdǎ le bǎojǐng diànhuà. - He immediately called the police when he noticed the car was on fire.
消防员迅速赶到现场灭火。 xiāofángyuán xùnsù gǎndào xiànchǎng mièhuǒ. - The firefighters quickly arrived at the scene to put out the fire.
他的衣服不小心着火了。 tā de yīfú bù xiǎoxīn zháohuǒ le. - His clothes accidentally caught fire.
Characters
着 zhe - used after a verb and indicates the long-term nature of an action or state of an object); -ing | HSK 2
火 huǒ - fire | HSK 4