燃烧
rán shāo
Pinyin

Definition

燃烧
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rán shāo
  1. to ignite
  2. to combust
  3. to burn
  4. combustion
  5. flaming

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

燃
rán
  1. 1 to burn
  2. 2 to ignite
  3. 3 to light
  4. 4 fig. to spark off (hopes)
  5. 5 to start (debate)
  6. 6 to raise (hopes)
燃放
rán fàng
  1. 1 to light
  2. 2 to set off (firecrackers etc)
燃烧
rán shāo
  1. 1 to ignite
  2. 2 to combust
  3. 3 to burn
  4. 4 combustion
  5. 5 flaming
点燃
diǎn rán
  1. 1 to ignite
  2. 2 to set on fire
  3. 3 aflame
燃料
rán liào
  1. 1 fuel
燃气
rán qì
  1. 1 fuel gas (coal gas, natural gas, methane etc)
燃油
rán yóu
  1. 1 fuel oil
燃起
rán qǐ
  1. 1 to ignite
  2. 2 to light
  3. 3 fig. to spark off (hopes, controversy, flames of revolution)
自燃
zì rán
  1. 1 spontaneous combustion
内燃
nèi rán
  1. 1 internal combustion (engine)
内燃机
nèi rán jī
  1. 1 internal combustion engine
可燃性
kě rán xìng
  1. 1 flammable
  2. 2 flammability
易燃物
yì rán wù
  1. 1 flammable substance
核燃料
hé rán liào
  1. 1 nuclear fuel
死灰复燃
sǐ huī fù rán
  1. 1 lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence
  2. 2 sth malevolent returns to haunt one
燃料油
rán liào yóu
  1. 1 fuel oil
燃煤
rán méi
  1. 1 coal fuel
燃烧弹
rán shāo dàn
  1. 1 fire bomb
  2. 2 incendiary device
燃烧瓶
rán shāo píng
  1. 1 Molotov cocktail
燃爆
rán bào
  1. 1 to cause to explode
  2. 2 to fire
  3. 3 to set off

Idioms (3)

死灰复燃
sǐ huī fù rán
  1. 1 lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence
  2. 2 sth malevolent returns to haunt one
煮豆燃萁
zhǔ dòu rán qí
  1. 1 burning beanstalks to cook the beans (idiom); to cause internecine strife
燃眉之急
rán méi zhī jí
  1. 1 lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation
  2. 2 extreme emergency

Sample Sentences

裂口中喷出的火焰燃烧着人们的房屋和农作物。地下水也从缝隙中喷涌而出，淹没了大地。虎狼猛兽也跑下山来吞食人类。
lièkǒu zhōng pēn chū de huǒyàn ránshāo zhe rénmen de fángwū hé nóngzuòwù 。dìxiàshuǐ yě cóng fèngxì zhōng pēnyǒng érchū ，yānmò le dàdì 。hǔ láng měngshòu yě pǎo xià shān lái tūnshí rénlèi 。
The fire that rushed out of the gap burned the peoples' houses and crops. Water gushed from the cavity and flooded the earth. Tigers, wolves and beasts rushed down the mountain to devour the humans.
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能使燃着的木条越烧越旺的是氧气，被点燃的是氢气和一氧化碳。然后再用澄清的石灰水检验燃烧生成的气体。因为一氧化碳燃烧会生成二氧化碳。
néng shǐ ránzháo de mùtiáo yuè shāo yuè wàng de shì yǎngqì ，bèi diǎnrán de shì qīngqì hé yīyǎnghuàtàn 。ránhòu zài yòng chéngqīng de shíhuīshuǐ jiǎnyàn ránshāo shēngchéng de qìtǐ 。yīnwèi yīyǎnghuàtàn ránshāo huì shēngchéng èryǎnghuàtàn 。
The one that can make the wooden splint burn brighter and brighter is oxygen. The ones that ignited were hydrogen and carbon monoxide. Afterward, use the settled limewater again to test the gas produced by the burning. Because carbon monoxide produces carbon dioxide when burned.
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