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炽 chì

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炽 chì Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chì | chi4
English translation
to burn, to blaze; splendid; intense

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About 炽 chì

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

熾 chì

Contains the radical

火 Huǒ

Part of speech

Adjectival morpheme / 形语素 Xíng yǔ sù

Learning hint

fire

Etymology of 炽 chì

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰火只

Semantic compound

火 Huǒ

Phonetic compound

只 zhǐ

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 火 Huǒ represents the meaning and 只 zhǐ represents the sound. Simplified form of 熾 chì .

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Example sentences using 炽 chì

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火成 huǒ chéng 碎屑 suì xiè 崩 bēng 落 là 的 de 最 zuì 大 dà 危害 wēihài 可能 kěnéng 是 shì 炽热 chì rè 和 hé 窒息 zhì xī 作用 zuòyòng .

The greatest dangers of pyroclastic avalanches are probably heat and suffocation.

炽热 chì rè 的 de 火山 huǒ shān 灰 huī 和 hé 火山 huǒ shān 渣 zhā 从 Cóng 爆发 bàofā 的火山纷纷 fēnfēn 喷发 pēn fā 落 là 下 xià .

Ash and cinders blazed down from the erupting volcano.

火势 huǒ shì 炽 chì 盛 Shèng .

The fire is blazing.

炽热 chì rè 的 de 火球冲上天空 tiānkōng 。

Intense balls of flame rose up into the sky.

大地 dà dì 开裂 kāi liè ，汩汩冒出炽热 chì rè 的 de 熔岩 róng yán 。

The ground had opened to disgorge a boiling stream of molten lava.

Words with 炽 chì

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
炽 chì to burn熾 chì
炽热 chì rè red-hot熾熱
炽烈 chì liè flaming熾烈
白炽灯 bái chì dēng incandescent light白熾燈
白炽 bái chì white heat白熾
朱高炽 Zhū Gāo chì Zhu Gaochi, personal name of fourth Ming emperor Hongxi 洪熙 Hóng Xī [Hóng​Xī]朱高熾

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