爆炸
bàozhà
to explode
Characters in this word
炸 zhà
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 火 — fire, flame
- Made of
- 火 fire, flame 乍 first time, for the first time, suddenly
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 工厂附近突然发生爆炸，警方立即封锁了现场。 Gōngchǎng fùjìn tūrán fāshēng bàozhà, jǐngfāng lìjí fēngsuǒ le xiànchǎng. An explosion suddenly occurred near the factory, and the police immediately sealed off the scene.
- 煤气泄漏可能会引起爆炸，所以要经常检查。 Méiqì xièlòu kěnéng huì yǐnqǐ bàozhà, suǒyǐ yào jīngcháng jiǎnchá. A gas leak can cause an explosion, so it should be checked often.
- 过年时，远处不时传来鞭炮爆炸的声音。 Guònián shí, yuǎnchù bùshí chuánlái biānpào bàozhà de shēngyīn. At the New Year, the sound of firecrackers going off comes from far away from time to time.
Related words
- 爆 bào to explode, to burst
- 爆发 bàofā to break out
- 爆满 bàomǎn to be packed; to be full to bursting
- 爆竹 bàozhú firecracker
- 火爆 huǒbào fiery; hot-tempered; booming
- 炸 zhà to explode, to blast
- 轰炸 hōngzhà to bomb; to bombard
- 炸弹 zhàdàn bomb
- 炸药 zhàyào explosive; dynamite
- 扑灭 pūmiè to extinguish
- 损伤 sǔnshāng to harm
- 损坏 sǔnhuài to damage