liáo

common
verb

Meaning of

燎 means spread (fire); burn across. Pronounced liáo.

  • spread (fire); burn across

Character Info

Radical
Strokes10
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

huǒ
liáo
yuán
 
shāo
biàn
le
zhěng
shān
 

The wildfire spread across the entire hillside like a prairie fire.

huǒ
shùn
zhe
fēng
shì
xiàng
cūn
zhuāng
liáo
 

The fire spread toward the village with the wind.

liáo
yuán
zhī
shì

a prairie fire-like momentum

Huǒ
shì
liáo
guò
le
dài
 

The fire spread across the fire break.

de
liè
huǒ
chéng
liáo
yuán
zhī
shì
juǎn
quán
guó
 

The flames of the uprising swept across the country like a prairie fire.