# 烧毁 (shāohuǐ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 烧毁 (shāohuǐ) means “to destroy by fire; to burn down”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to destroy by fire; to burn down
- Pinyin: shāohuǐ (shao1 hui3)
- Traditional: 燒燬
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 大火烧毁了整栋楼。
  Dàhuǒ shāohuǐle zhěng dòng lóu.
  The big fire destroyed the whole building.

## Characters

- [烧](https://hanziro.com/word/shao-burn/) (shāo): to burn; to boil
- [毁](https://hanziro.com/word/hui-destroy/) (huǐ): to destroy; to ruin

https://hanziro.com/word/shao-hui-destroy-by-fire/

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