HSK 6 · Society

消防 xiāofáng “firefighting” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 消防 means

  1. firefighting
  2. fire prevention
  3. fire control

How to say 消防

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale消xiāo1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale防fáng2nd tone, rising

消防 in a sentence

  1. 消防队员把火扑灭了。

    Xiāofáng duìyuán bǎ huǒ pūmiè le.

    The firefighters put out the fire.

    Sentence #670014 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我的梦想是成为一名消防员。

    Wǒ de mèngxiǎng shì chéngwéi yì míng xiāofángyuán.

    My dream is to become a firefighter.

    Sentence #10325742 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 请叫消防员。

    Qǐng jiào xiāofángyuán.

    Please call the fire brigade.

    Sentence #791435 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 消防 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 消 (xiāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
消xiāoto diminish; to subside
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 肖to resemble · xiàoSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 肖 (xiào) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiāo.

The character 防 (fáng) with each of its parts in a different colour
防fángto protect
  • 阝placeMeaning part
  • 方square · fāngSound part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 方 (fāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with fáng.

How to write 消防

消 10 strokes · 防 6 strokes

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消防 (xiāofáng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 消防 (xiāofáng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 消防

Words with 消

消息xiāoxi · news消化xiāohuà · to digest (food or information)取消qǔxiāo · to cancel消失xiāoshī · to disappear消极xiāojí · negative消费xiāofèi · to consume消毒xiāodú · to disinfect消除xiāochú · to eliminate消耗xiāohào · to consume消灭xiāomiè · to wipe out

Words with 防

预防yùfáng · to prevent防治fángzhì · to prevent and treat (disease)防守fángshǒu · to defend防止fángzhǐ · to prevent防御fángyù · defence国防guófáng · national defence

More words: Society & Law

武装wǔzhuāng · armed forces宪法xiànfǎ · constitution陷害xiànhài · to frame嫌疑xiányí · suspicion协会xiéhuì · association袭击xíjī · to attack刑事xíngshì · criminal (law)行政xíngzhèng · administration

FAQs

消防 (xiāofáng) means “firefighting” or “fire prevention”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xiāofáng: xiāo with a 1st tone, then fáng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 消防 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiaofang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 消防 from the suggestions. Typing xiaofang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
消防 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.