huǒ

fire, flame; burn; anger, rage

HSK 2 #433

DEFINITIONS

火 huǒ
  • surname Huo
  • fire
  • urgent
  • ammunition
  • fiery or flaming
  • internal heat (Chinese medicine)
  • hot (popular)
  • classifier for military units (old)
  • Kangxi radical 86

STROKES

WORDS

箭弹 huǒ jiàn dàn rocket (artillery)
shàng huǒ to get angry; to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)
kǎo huǒ to warm oneself at a fire
星星之 xīng xing zhī huǒ a single spark (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
gān huǒ irascibility; irritability; (TCM) inflammation of the liver
mào huǒ to get angry; to burn with rage
烧身 yǐn huǒ shāo shēn to invite trouble
míng huǒ flame; open fire
shèng huǒ sacred fire; Olympic flame
yíng huǒ light of firefly; fairy light
qù huǒ to reduce internal heat (TCM)
如荼 rú huǒ rú tú like wildfire (idiom); unstoppable
盆 huǒ pén brazier; fire pan; hibachi
打劫 chèn huǒ dǎ jié to loot a burning house; to profit from sb's misfortune (idiom)
暴 huǒ bào variant of 火爆[huo3 bao4]
眼金睛 huǒ yǎn jīn jīng piercing eyes; discerning eyes
纯青 lú huǒ chún qīng lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom); fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection
风风 fēng fēng huǒ huǒ bustling; energetic
xīng huǒ spark; meteor trail (mostly used in expressions like 急如星火[ji2 ru2 xing1 huo3])
上加油 huǒ shàng jiā yóu to add oil to the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation; to enrage people and make matters worse
山灰 huǒ shān huī volcanic ash
棍 bō huǒ gùn poker
山岩 huǒ shān yán volcanic rock
成岩 huǒ chéng yán igneous rock (geology); volcanic rock
墙 huǒ qiáng firewall