烧着 (shāo zhāo) — to catch fire, to be on fire
Definition
Resultative state: something has caught fire and continues to burn (e.g. 房子烧着了 = the house is on fire). 烧 (transitive) is the action of setting fire; 着 marks the resulting state.
verb
to catch fireto be on fire
Examples
- 烧着。Zhè xiē zhǐ hěn róng yì shāo zhāo.This kind of paper catches fire very easily.
- ，。Huǒ tài dà le, fáng zi dōu shāo zhe le.The fire was too big; the house caught fire.
- 烧着。Shī mù tou hěn nán shāo zhāo.Wet wood is hard to set on fire.
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