轰炸

轟炸

hōngzhà

verb HSK 7 #8,619

Meanings

1 to bomb
2 to bombard

Characters

to explode; to bomb

Examples

敌军轰炸了这座城市。

Díjūn hōngzhà le zhè zuò chéngshì.

The enemy bombed this city.

每天被各种广告轰炸。

Měitiān bèi gè zhǒng guǎnggào hōngzhà.

Bombarded by all kinds of advertisements every day.

Tips

usage

Used literally for military bombing, but also figuratively: 信息轰炸 (information bombardment), 广告轰炸 (ad bombardment).

Stroke Order

轰 hōng

炸 zhà