"To ignite" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 燃烧 | rán shāo | to ignite / to combust / to burn / combustion / flaming |   |
| 点 |  diǎn | point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items | |
| 着火 | zháo huǒ | to ignite / to burn | |
| 点燃 | diǎn rán | to ignite / to set on fire / aflame | |
| 引爆 | yǐn bào | to ignite / to detonate | |
| 点火 | diǎn huǒ | to ignite / to light a fire / to agitate / to start an engine / ignition / fig. to stir up trouble | |
| 燃起 | rán qǐ | to ignite / to light / fig. to spark off (hopes, controversy, flames of revolution) | |
| 发火 | fā huǒ | to catch fire / to ignite / to detonate / to get angry | |
| 引燃 | yǐn rán | to ignite / to start (a fire) / (fig.) to spark (debate, conflict etc) | |
| 燃 | rán | to burn / to ignite / to light / fig. to spark off (hopes) / to start (debate) / to raise (hopes) | |
| 爆燃 | bào rán | to detonate / to ignite | |
| 遇火 | yù huǒ | to catch fire / to ignite | |
| 引着 | yǐn zháo | to ignite / to kindle | |
| 焌 | jùn | to set fire to / to ignite | |
