Chinese Word: 火 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

火HSK 4

Pinyin: huǒ
English Definition: fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86
Antonyms: 水

Total strokes: 4; Radical: 火

Pictographic: Flames

Character Formation:

⿻ Overlaid
- 丷 [ ha ] kwukyel
- 人 [ rén ] man, person; people

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Example Words:

火车站 [ huǒ chē zhàn ]: train station

火柴 [ huǒ chái ]: match (for lighting fire); Classifiers: 根

着火 [ zháo huǒ ]: to ignite; to burn

火箭 [ huǒ jiàn ]: rocket; Classifiers: 枚

火焰 [ huǒ yàn ]: blaze; flame

More: 火* | *火 | *火*

Example Sentences

nǐ
你
zěn me
怎么
zhè me
这么
dà
大
de
的
huǒ
火
ér
儿

？

Why are you in such a temper?
tā
他
huǒ
火
ér
儿
le
了

。

He flared up.
zhī shi
知识
zǒng
总
shì cóng
是从
ài hào
爱好
kāi shǐ
开始

，
yóu rú
犹如
guāng
光
zǒng
总
shì cóng
是从
huǒ
火
kāi shǐ
开始
yí yàng
一样

。

Love is ever the beginning of knowledge as fire is of light.
kě shì
可是
méi yǒu
没有
yān
烟

，
yòu
又
méi yǒu
没有
huǒ
火

，
nǐ
你
zhè ge
这个
shǎ guā
傻瓜

。

There’s no smoke, no fire, you dimwit.
yú shì
于是
yǒu
有
huǒ
火
cóng
从
tiān shàng
天上
jiàng
降
xià lai
下来

，
shāo
烧
miè
灭
wǔ
五
shí fū
十夫
cháng
长
hé
和
tā
他
nà wǔ
那五
shí
十
rén
人

。

And there came down fire from heaven， and consumed him and his fifty.

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