The fire that broke out last night was judged to be caused by arson.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
纵火
to set on fire
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to set on fire
02
to commit arson
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 纵火 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 纵火 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
In Germany today, anti-violence rallies took place in several cities, including one near Hamburg where three Turks were killed in an arson attack on Monday.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 纵火.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 纵火.
Directly before
- 由纵火1
- 一场纵火1
Directly after
- 纵火引起1
- 纵火袭击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 纵火
What does 纵火 mean in Chinese?
纵火 (zònghuǒ) means to set on fire.
How do you pronounce 纵火?
纵火 is pronounced zònghuǒ.
Is 纵火 an HSK word?
纵火 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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