Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 鎮火(ちんか) in Japanese

鎮火
Kana Reading
ちんか
Romaji
chinka
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
    Meaning
    extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out
    Example sentence
    彼らは鎮火するために互いに協力した。 They worked together to put out the fire.

Examples of 鎮火, ちんか in a sentence

Kanji in this word

鎮 JLPT 1

18 strokes

tranquilize, ancient peace-preservation centers

On'Yomi: チン

Kun'Yomi: しず.める, しず.まる, おさえ

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火 JLPT 5

4 strokes

fire

On'Yomi: カ

Kun'Yomi: ひ, -び, ほ-

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