火 huǒ
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huǒ
noun
fire; flame
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Fire
Notes: For example, in literary Chinese, 遠水不救近火 'distant water cannot extinguish a nearby fire'from Han Feizi's Shuo Lin Shang (DCP 'Y448'; GHC '火' 1; Kroll 2015 '火' 1, p. 179; Sun 2006, loc. 1377; Unihan '火'). -
huǒ
verb
to start a fire; to burn
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Fire
Notes: In the sense of 烧 (GHC '火' 5; Kroll 2015 '火' 1a, p. 179; Unihan '火') -
huǒ
noun
Kangxi radical 86
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7) -
huǒ
noun
anger; rage
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 怒气 (GHC '火' 9; Sun 2006, loc. 1358; Unihan '火') -
huǒ
noun
fire element
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: One of the 五行 'five elements' of traditional Chinese thought (Tzu Chuang 2012, p. 92; GHC '火' 13; Kroll 2015 '火' 2, p. 179; Sun 2006, loc. 1377) -
huǒ
proper noun
Antares
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: The fire star 火星 (GHC '火' 12; Kroll 2015 '火' 3, p. 179) -
huǒ
noun
radiance
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 光芒 (GHC '火' 2) -
huǒ
noun
lightning
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 闪电 (GHC '火' 3) -
huǒ
noun
a torch
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHC '火' 4) -
huǒ
adjective
red
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: The color of fire (GHC '火' 6) -
huǒ
adjective
urgent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 急迫 (GHC '火' 7) -
huǒ
noun
a cause of disease
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Chinese Medicine
Notes: In the sense of 病因 (GHC '火' 8) -
huǒ
noun
huo
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A military unit in ancient China (GHC '火' 10) -
huǒ
noun
companion; comrade
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 同伴 (GHC '火' 11) -
huǒ
proper noun
Huo
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (GHC '火' 14)
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- 飞蛾投火(飛蛾投火) like a moth flying into the fire; to choose a path to certain destruction
- 火药库(火藥庫) a gunpowder store
- 火山爆发指数(火山爆發指數) volcanic explosivity index (VEI)
- 红火蚁(紅火蟻) fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), an introduced species in China
- 水火无情(水火無情) Fire and water have no mercy; forces of nature beyond human control; implacable fate
- 耐火砖(耐火磚) refractory brick; firebrick
- 火炭 live coal; ember; burning coals
- 火山学(火山學) volcanology
- 来火(來火) to get angry
- 走火 to go off accidentally; to catch fire
- 火烫(火燙) burning hot; fiery; to have one's hair permed with hot curling tongs
- 黑灯瞎火(黑燈瞎火) pitch dark
- 热火朝天(熱火朝天) in full swing; (in a) frenzy; buzzing with activity
- 火冠雀 fire-capped tit (Cephalopyrus flammiceps)
- 拯溺钟石救火投薪(拯溺鍾石救火投薪) to save somebody from drowning with a heavy stone or to put out a fire by throwing on logs
- 鱼生火,肉生痰,青菜豆腐保平安(魚生火,肉生痰,青菜豆腐保平安) fish brings heat, meat brings phlegm, vegetables and tofu keep you healthy
- 消火栓 fire hydrant
- 火字旁 name of Kangxi radical 86
- 满肚子火(滿肚子火) a belly full of fire; very angry
- 纸火柴(紙火柴) matches made of cardboard
- 对空火器(對空火器) anti-aircraft gun
- 火锅(火鍋) hotpot
- 火红(火紅) fiery; blazing
- 火盆 brazier; fire pan; hibachi
- 军火交易(軍火交易) arms deal
- 玩火 to play with fire
- 炉火纯青(爐火純青) the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy)
- 火枪(火槍) firearms (in historical context); flintlock (old powder and shot firearm)
- 火卫二(火衛二) Deimos; Mars II
- 火急 extremely urgent
- 星星之火,可以燎原 a single spark can start a huge blaze; an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
- 烤火 to warm oneself at a fire
- 火柱 column of flame
- 暗火 smouldering
- 火伴 partner
- 十万火急(十萬火急) most urgent; posthaste; express
- 怒火 rage; fury
- 火蜥蜴 fire lizard; fire-bellied salamander (Cynops orientalis David)
- 火箭炮 rocket artillery
- 恼火(惱火) to get angry
- 火把节(火把節) Torch Festival
- 纸火锅(紙火鍋) paper hot pot
- 火警 fire alarm
- 风风火火(風風火火) bustling; energetic
- 淬火 to quench; to temper; to harden by quenching
- 蘸火 to quench (metal)
- 惹火 to stir up the fire; to provoke and offend people; to ruffle feathers
- 真金不怕火炼(真金不怕火煉) True gold fears no fire.
- 薪火相传(薪火相傳) the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest
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- 卷六十三 志第十六 五行二上 Volume 63 Treatises 16: Five Elements 2a History of Song 宋史 — count: 185
- 卷二十九 志第五 五行二 Volume 29 Treatises 5: Five Elements 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 174
- 《火部》 Huǒ Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 150
- 卷三十四 志第二十四 五行一 Volume 34 Treatises 28: Five Elements 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 60
- 卷105之三 天象志一之三 Volume 105c Treatise 1: Celestial Phenomena 3 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 59
- 卷二十七上 五行志 Volume 27a: Treatise on the Five Elements 1 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 57
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 51
- 第四十一回 Chapter 41 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 46
- 卷105之四 天象志一之四 Volume 105d Treatise 1: Celestial Phenomena 4 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 44
- 卷二十七 志第十七 五行上 Volume 27 Treatises 17: Five Elements Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 39
Collocations
- 庙火 (廟火) 大廟火 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曾子問》 The Questions of Zeng-zi — count: 5
- 鹑火 (鶉火) 鶉火中 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
- 修火 (修火) 然後修火之利 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《禮運》 Ceremonial Usages; their Origins, Development, and Intention — count: 4
- 曰火 (曰火) 二曰火 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — count: 4
- 火中 (火中) 火中成軍 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
- 火见 (火見) 火見而致用 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 4
- 火烈 (火烈) 火烈具舉 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧大叔于田 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Da Shu Yu Tian — count: 4
- 火曰 (火曰) 火曰炎上 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — count: 3
- 火禁 (火禁) 春秋以木鐸修火禁 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 天官冢宰 第一 1. Office of the Heaven and Prime Minister — count: 3
- 流火 (流火) 七月流火 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧豳‧七月 Lessons from the states - Odes of Cao - Qi Yue — count: 3