灰烬 (huī jìn) — ashes

Definition

Examples

• 大火之后，只剩下一堆灰烬。
  Dà huǒ zhī hòu, zhī shèng xià yì duī huī jìn.
  After the big fire, only a pile of ashes remained.
• 他把灰烬放在花下面。
  Tā bǎ huī jìn fàng zài huā xià miàn.
  He put the ashes under the flowers.
• 火山喷出很多灰烬。
  Huǒ shān pēn chū hěn duō huī jìn.
  The volcano spewed out a lot of ashes.