灰燼
simp灰烬fui1 zeon2fui1 zeon6huī jìn
English
- ashes
- ash; cinder
粵語 — Cantonese
- 物體完全燃燒之後,所殘餘嘅灰色或者黑色粉末(量詞:堆)
Examples
鳳凰會喺灰燼之中重生。
Phoenixes can reborn in ashes.
房子烧成了灰烬。
The house burnt to ashes.
Tatoeba · jin1 CC BY
房子被大火烧成了灰烬。
The fire reduced the house to ashes.
Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY
我們的學校被燒成了灰燼。
Our school was reduced to ashes.
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
那場大火把整個小鎮燒成了灰燼。
The big fire reduced the whole town to ashes.
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
消防員還沒有趕到,那兩幢大廈就已經燒成灰燼了。
Before the firemen were able to arrive, both buildings burned down.
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk