粵

灰fui1燼zeon2

simp灰烬
fui1 zeon2fui1 zeon6huī jìn

English

  1. ashes
  2. ash; cinder

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 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

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