燒siu1毀wai2

English

1. (verb) burn down; destroy
2. to destroy something by burning

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 俾火燒爛、燒到唔再完整；焚燒毀滅

Examples

• 今次山火燒燬咗一百畝林木。

  The fire today burned a hectare of forest.

• 一場大火將成個樹林燒毀咗。

  A big fire burnt down the whole forest.

• 十間房屋被燒毀了。

  Ten houses were burned down.

  Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

• 著名的酒店几乎被大火烧毁了。

  The famous hotel was practically destroyed by a large fire.

  Tatoeba · eastasiastudent CC BY

• 我的書有過半數被昨晚的那場火災燒毀了。

  More than half of my books were destroyed by the fire last night.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 昨晚發生了一場火災，三棟房屋被燒毀了。

  A fire broke out last night and three houses were burnt down.

  Tatoeba · Martha CC BY