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火

huǒ · huo/Huǒ · huo

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 3Old HSK 4

Meaning

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huǒ 火

  1. fire
  2. urgent
  3. ammunition
  4. fiery or flaming
  5. internal heat (Chinese medicine)
  6. hot (popular)
  7. classifier for military units (old)
  8. Kangxi radical 86

Huǒ 火

  1. surname Huo

In a sentence

2 examples
01

汤(tāng)姆(mǔ)试(shì)着(zhe)用(yòng)灭(miè)火(huǒ)器(qì)把(bǎ)火(huǒ)扑(pū)灭(miè)。

Tom used a fire extinguisher to try and put the fire out.

Tatoeba: Chinese by umidake · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

水(shuǐ)发(fā)出(chū)汩(gǔ)汩(gǔ)声(shēng)，火(huǒ)发(fā)出(chū)噼(pī)啪(pā)声(shēng)。

Water gurgles while fire crackles.

Tatoeba: Chinese by slo_oth · English by uxintro · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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