火

The character "火" has 4 strokes. "火" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "火" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "火" are "huǒ" . View the stroke order of "火">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "火"

n.: fire; anger; temper

adv.: urgently; pressingly

v.: be angry

: internal heat; firearms; ammunition; firing

adj.: red as fire; fiery; flaming; flourishing; thriving; prosperous; booming

• fire : n.火；射击；开火；炮火；火灾；热情；激情；光亮；光辉；敌意
• anger : n.愤怒
• temper : n.心情；情绪；性情；脾气；硬度；强度；韧度；回火性；生气；怒气
• urgently : adv.紧急地；迫切地；急切地
• pressingly : adv.强求地; 恳切地; 固执地
• be angry : 生气；愤怒
• firearms : n.火器；轻武器；枪炮；（firearm的复数）
• ammunition : n.弹药；用于争论中的事实和论据
• firing : n.点燃；放火；射击；发射；解雇；烘干；烧制
• fiery : adj.火的；熊熊燃烧的；火红的；脾气火爆的；血红的；充满激情的；激烈的
• flaming : adj.熊熊燃烧的；该死的；要命的；讨厌的；火红的；酷热的；红灿灿的；鲜橙色的；亮丽的；浓郁的
• flourishing : adj.繁荣的；盛行的；繁茂的
• thriving : adj.兴旺的；旺盛的；繁荣的
• prosperous : adj.成功的；富足的；兴旺的；带来成功的
• booming : adj.飞速发展的；低沉有回响的；奋力撞击的

Form words with "火"

擞火 poke the fire up

火化工 cremator

火支子 trivet

火性子 fiery temper

火警灯 fire-warning light

地表火 surface fire

火铗 fire tongs

夜蛾赴火 a moth flying/darting into the fire—bring destruction upon oneself; flirt with/court death; seek one's own doom

火一般的热情 fiery zeal

Example phrases using "火"

• 他虽是个火性子，心地却很善良。

  Hot-tempered as he is, he has his heart in the right place.

• 他要是上了火，谁劝也不行。

  No one can bring him round if he flares up.

• 他们围簇在火的四周唱着歌。

  They clustered together around the fire and sang songs.

• 一起火，观众们就着了慌。

  The audience were thrown into a panic when the fire started.

• 我一听他说这事就来火。

  I couldn’t help flying into a temper at his words about this.

• 奶溢出来把火扑灭了。

  The fire went out when the milk spilled over the stove.

• 天然气比液化气纯净得多，因此火也来得旺。

  Natural gas is much purer than liquidized gas; therefore, its heat is more intense, too.

• 过来向向火，暖暖手。

  Come and warm your hands by the fire.

• 这馒头还欠点儿火。

  The buns haven’t been steamed long enough.

• 火由于缺氧而熄灭。

  The fire went out from want of oxygen.