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)
Contained in
- 炮火 artillery fire
- 灯火通明(燈火通明) brightly lit
- 火山砾(火山礫) lapillus; lapilli
- 钻木取火(鑽木取火) to drill wood to make fire
- 星星之火,可以燎原 a single spark can start a huge blaze; an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
- 火山口 volcanic crater
- 耐火砖红(耐火磚紅) fire brick
- 举火(舉火) to light a fire
- 点火开关(點火開關) ignition switch
- 火山豆 macadamia nut
- 火花 a spark; a sparkle
- 钻木出火(鑽木出火) to drill wood to make fire
- 火力发电厂(火力發電廠) fired power plant (i.e. fired by coal, oil or gas)
- 消火栓 fire hydrant
- 风风火火(風風火火) bustling; energetic
- 圣火(聖火) sacred fire ; Olympic flame
- 火盆 brazier; fire pan; hibachi
- 拔火罐 suction cup; cupping
- 活火 flaming fire; flames
- 火堆 bonfire; to open fire
- 新官上任三把火 (of a newly appointed official) to make bold changes on assuming office
- 火控 fire control (gunnery)
- 仗火 battle
- 火烧眉毛(火燒眉毛) the fire burns one's eyebrows; desperate situation; extreme emergency
- 战火纷飞(戰火紛飛) fire of war everywhere; enveloped in the flames of war
- 火浣布 asbestos cloth
- 柴火 firewood
- 退火 annealing
- 远水救不了近火(遠水救不了近火) water in a distant place is of little use in putting out a fire right here
- 火漆 sealing wax
- 军火库(軍火庫) arsenal
- 火化 to cremate; to incinerate
- 无明火(無明火) fury
- 火焰崇拜 fire worship
- 火上浇油(火上澆油) to aggravate a situation
- 火葬场(火葬場) crematorium
- 死火山 extinct volcano
- 火场留守分队(火場留守分隊) detachment left to provide covering fire
- 峰火台(峰火臺) fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night)
- 火车站(火車站) train station; railway station
- 救场如救火(救場如救火) the show must go on
- 欲火(慾火) lust
- 借火 to borrow a light (for a cigarette)
- 飞蛾扑火(飛蛾撲火) a moth flies into a flame
- 火鹤(火鶴) flamingo lily (Anthurium andraeanum)
- 火速 at top speed; at a tremendous lick
Also contained in
防火墙 、 克孜尔尕哈烽火台 、 火狐 、 火星快车 、 走火入魔
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 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
- 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
- 言火 (言火) 或言火 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
- 火正 (火正) 古之火正 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — 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