Tom used a fire extinguisher to try and put the fire out.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
灭火器
fire extinguisher
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
fire extinguisher
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 灭火器 actually appears in real sentences.
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COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 灭火器.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 灭火器.
Directly before
- 是灭火器1
- 试著用灭火器1
Directly after
- 灭火器把1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 灭火器
What does 灭火器 mean in Chinese?
灭火器 (mièhuǒqì) means fire extinguisher.
How do you pronounce 灭火器?
灭火器 is pronounced mièhuǒqì.
Is 灭火器 an HSK word?
灭火器 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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