# 着火 (zháohuǒ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 着火 (zháohuǒ) means “to catch fire”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to catch fire
- Pinyin: zháohuǒ (zhao2 huo3)
- Traditional: 著火
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 那座老房子昨晚突然着火了。
  Nà zuò lǎo fángzi zuówǎnͻrán zháohuǒ le.
  The old house suddenly caught fire last night.

## Characters

- [着](https://hanziro.com/word/zhe-ongoing-action/) (zhe): (particle) ongoing action
- [火](https://hanziro.com/word/huo-fire/) (huǒ): fire; urgent

https://hanziro.com/word/zhao-huo-catch-fire/

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