Learn Mandarin Mandarin-English Dictionary & Thesaurus

New Search

huǒ

Main
English Definition	fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); measure word for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86; (Chinese surname)
Simplified Script	火
Traditional Script	Same
Pinyin	huǒ
Effective Pinyin (After Tone Sandhi)	Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)	ㄏㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping)	fo²
Part of Speech	(名) noun
Topical Word Lists	Part of religion/mysticism/five phases
Proficiency Test Level	HSK.v3=3,4 TOCFL=3

Related Words

Words With Same Head Word
火车	huǒchē	train
火腿	huǒtuǐ	ham
火灾	huǒzāi	serious fire (in a city or a forest etc)
火柴	huǒchái	match (for lighting fire)
火箭	huǒjiàn	rocket

Words With Same Tail Word
烟火	yānhuǒ	smoke and fire; fireworks
起火	qǐhuǒ	to catch fire; to cook; to get angry
救火	jiùhuǒ	to put out a fire; firefighting
战火	zhànhuǒ	conflagration; the fire of war
灯火	dēnghuǒ	lights

Derived Words or Phrases
Sign-in

Similar-sounding Words
Sign-in

New Search

Wildcard: Use * as placeholder for 0 or more
Chinese characters or pinyin syllables

Full Search Form
Credits