火 huǒ

1. 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').
2. 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')
3. huǒ noun Kangxi radical 86
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
4. 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')
5. 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)
6. 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)
7. huǒ noun radiance
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 光芒 (GHC '火' 2)
8. huǒ noun lightning
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 闪电 (GHC '火' 3)
9. huǒ noun a torch
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (GHC '火' 4)
10. huǒ adjective red
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: The color of fire (GHC '火' 6)
11. huǒ adjective urgent
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 急迫 (GHC '火' 7)
12. 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)
13. huǒ noun huo
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A military unit in ancient China (GHC '火' 10)
14. huǒ noun companion; comrade
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 同伴 (GHC '火' 11)
15. huǒ proper noun Huo
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (GHC '火' 14)

Contained in

• 火烧(火燒) to burn ; a baked cake made from flour and sesame
• 纸包不住火(紙包不住火) paper can't wrap fire; the truth will out
• 烽火 fire beacon
• 火龙果(火龍果) red pitaya; dragon fruit; dragon pearl fruit (genus Hylocereus)
• 火成碎屑 pyroclastic
• 国家点火设施(國家點火設施) National Ignition Facility (NIF)
• 火箭炮 rocket artillery
• 后院起火(後院起火) a fire in one's backyard; conflict close to home
• 火焰喷射器(火焰噴射器) flamethrower
• 趁火打劫 to loot a burning house; to profit from somebody's misfortune
• 耐火砖(耐火磚) refractory brick; firebrick
• 军火库(軍火庫) arsenal
• 野火春风(野火春風) even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass; it grows again when the breeze blows
• 耐火 refractory (material); fire-resistant
• 火烧火燎(火燒火燎) restless with anxiety; unbearably hot and anxious
• 火尾希鹛(火尾希鶥) red-tailed minla (Minla ignotincta)
• 欲火(慾火) lust
• 火山活动(火山活動) volcanic activity; volcanism
• 败火(敗火) relieve inflammation or internal heat
• 明火 flame; open fire
• 无明火(無明火) fury
• 烛火(燭火) candle flame
• 大动肝火(大動肝火) to fall into a rage
• 侵掠如火 invade and plunder like fire
• 新官上任三把火 (of a newly appointed official) to make bold changes on assuming office
• 火热(火熱) fervent; ardent; passionate ; fiery; burning
• 洋火 matches
• 着火点(著火點) ignition point (temperature); combustion point
• 汤火(湯火) boiling water and a raging inferno ; extreme danger ; an extremely agitated frame of mind
• 野火烧不尽，春风吹又生(野火燒不盡，春風吹又生) even a prairie fire cannot destroy the grass - it grows again when the breeze blows
• 火上浇油(火上澆油) to aggravate a situation
• 黑灯瞎火(黑燈瞎火) pitch dark
• 导火线(導火線) fuse (for explosives); proximate cause; the last straw
• 盖火锅(蓋火鍋) to block a shot (basketball)
• 火卫一(火衛一) Phobos; Mars I
• 杀人放火(殺人放火) to kill and burn; murder and arson
• 火卫(火衛) moon of Mars
• 篝火 bonfire
• 冒火 to get angry; to burn with rage
• 火灾(火災) a fire
• 吐火罗语(吐火羅語) Tocharian languages
• 火暴 fiery
• 电火花(電火花) electric spark
• 拼火 to exchange fire
• 风风火火(風風火火) bustling; energetic
• 火铗(火鋏) tongs to hold hot items
• 纸火锅(紙火鍋) paper hot pot
• 火焰纹(火燄紋) a flame pattern
• 火场(火場) the scene of a fire

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吐火罗语族 、 金华火腿

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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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 曰火 (曰火) 二曰火 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — count: 4
• 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
• 火作 (火作) 若火作 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
• 火曰 (火曰) 火曰炎上 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — count: 3