Please call the fire department.
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消防
xiāo fáng
HSK 3.0 · 5HSK 2.0 · 6
xiāo fáng · siu1 fong4 (Jyutping)
- firefighting
- fire control
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Character breakdown
消
- Meaning
- vanish, die out; melt away
- Radical
- 氵
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- ⿰氵肖
- Cangjie
- EFB
- Four-corner
- 3912.7
防
- Meaning
- defend; prevent; embankment
- Radical
- 阝
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- ⿰阝方
- Cangjie
- NLYHS
- Four-corner
- 7022.7
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Example sentences
The firemen soon put out the fire.
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