HSK 6 · Verbs

爆炸 bàozhà “to explode” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 爆炸 means

  1. to explode
  2. explosion
  3. to blow up
  4. to detonate

How to say 爆炸

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale爆bào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale炸zhà4th tone, falling

爆炸 in a sentence

  1. 爆炸的原因是什么？

    Bàozhà de yuányīn shì shénme?

    What was the cause of the explosion?

    Sentence #335413 from Tatoeba

  2. 化学工厂一着火就爆炸了。

    Huàxué gōngchǎng yì zháohuǒ jiù bàozhà le.

    As soon as the chemical plant caught fire, it exploded.

    Sentence #426356 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这场爆炸有可能是瓦斯外泄引起的。

    Zhè chǎng bàozhà yǒu kěnéng shì wǎsī wàixiè yǐnqǐ de.

    The explosion may have been caused by a gas leak.

    Sentence #4816292 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 爆炸 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 爆 (bào) with each of its parts in a different colour
爆bàoto explode; to burst
  • 火fire · huǒ
  • 暴violent · bào
The character 炸 (zhá) with each of its parts in a different colour
炸zhàto burst; to explode
  • 火fire · huǒ
  • 乍first time · zhà

How to write 爆炸

爆 19 strokes · 炸 9 strokes

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

Words related to 爆炸

Words with 爆

爆发bàofā · to break out烟花爆竹yānhuābàozhú · fireworks and firecrackers

Words with 炸

油炸yóuzhá · to deep fry

More words: Common Verbs

报复bàofu · to retaliate保管bǎoguǎn · to look after暴露bàolù · to expose包围bāowéi · to surround背叛bèipàn · to betray奔波bēnbō · to rush about奔驰bēnchí · to speed蹦bèng · to jump

FAQs

爆炸 (bàozhà) means “to explode” or “explosion”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bàozhà: bào with a 4th tone, then zhà with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 爆炸 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type baozha with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 爆炸 from the suggestions. Typing baozha into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
爆炸 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.