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 huǒ fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86
Results beginning with 火
 huǒ bào fiery (temper) / popular / flourishing / prosperous / lively
 huǒ chē train / CL:列[lie4],節|节[jie2],班[ban1],趟[tang4]
 huǒ jiàn rocket / CL:枚[mei2]
 huǒ yàn blaze / flame
 huǒ rè fiery / burning / fervent / ardent / passionate
 huǒ xīng spark
 huǒ zāi serious fire (in a city or a forest etc)
 huǒ guō hotpot
 huǒ là painful heat / scorching / rude and forthright / provocative / hot / sexy
 huǒ huā spark / sparkle
 huǒ lì fire / firepower
 huǒ shān volcano
 huǒ guāng flame / blaze
 huǒ bào variant of 火爆[huo3 bao4]
 huǒ qiú fireball
 huǒ shāo to set fire to / to burn down / burning hot / baked cake
 huǒ jù (flaming) torch / CL:把[ba3]
 huǒ hóng fiery / blazing
 huǒ chái match (for lighting fire) / CL:根[gen1],盒[he2]
 huǒ qì anger / internal heat (TCM)
 huǒ lóng fiery dragon
 huǒ pào cannon / gun / artillery
 huǒ tuǐ ham / CL:個|个[ge4]
 huǒ bǎ torch / CL:把[ba3]
 huǒ sù at top speed / at a tremendous lick
线 huǒ xiàn firing line (battle) / live electrical wire
 huǒ hòu heat control / maturity / crucial moment
 Huǒ hú red panda (Ailurus fulgens) / red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
 huǒ yào gunpowder
 huǒ miáo flame
 huǒ lú stove
 huǒ shì intensity of a fire / lively / flourishing
 huǒ huà to cremate / to incinerate
 Huǒ shén God of fire / Vulcan
 huǒ shí flint (stone)
 huǒ duī bonfire / to open fire
 huǒ zhǒng tinder / source of a fire / inflammable material / (fig.) spark (of a revolution etc)
 huǒ diàn thermal power
 huǒ jī turkey
 huǒ chǎng the scene of a fire
 huǒ jī see 打火機|打火机[da3 huo3 ji1]
 huǒ qiāng firearms (in historical context) / flintlock (old powder and shot firearm)
 huǒ qì firearm / CL:架[jia4]
 huǒ jǐng fire alarm
 huǒ kēng pit of fire / fig. living hell
 huǒ qiáng firewall
 huǒ shé tongue of flame
 huǒ kòng fire control (gunnery)
 huǒ zàng to cremate
  combustion source
 huǒ yǎn pinkeye
 huǒ pén brazier / fire pan / hibachi
 huǒ yóu (dialect) kerosene
 huǒ táng indoor fire pit
 huǒ tàn live coal / ember / burning coals
 huǒ zhú fire and candles / household things that burn
 huǒ lún steamboat (old)
 huǒ hè flamingo lily (Anthurium andraeanum)
 huǒ qián fire tongs
  fire rake
 huǒ bàn variant of 伙伴[huo3 ban4]
 huǒ chéng (geology) igneous / volcanic (rock)
 huǒ dà to get mad / to be very angry
 huǒ hou heat control / (fig.) mastery / (fig.) crucial moment
 huǒ hú burning lake / lake of burning sulfur / inferno (in Christian mythology)
 huǒ huán Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific seismic belt)
 huǒ jí extremely urgent
 huǒ lí mechanical plow
 huǒ liáo to singe / to scorch
 huǒ má hemp
 huǒ niǎo phoenix
 huǒ r fire / fury / angry
 huǒ sè (dialect) intensity of the fire (in cooking, kiln firing etc)
 huǒ tàng burning hot / fiery / to have one's hair permed with hot curling tongs
 huǒ wèi moon of Mars
 huǒ xiāng combustion source
 huǒ xíng execution by fire / burning at the stake
 huǒ yìn branded mark / brand
 huǒ zhù column of flame
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 huǒ chē zhàn train station
 huǒ chē piào train ticket
 huǒ chē tóu train engine / locomotive
 Huǒ xīng rén Martian
 huǒ huā sāi spark plug
 huǒ shān kǒu volcanic crater
 huǒ yàn shān Mountain of Flames of legend / fig. insurmountable obstacle / Mountain of Flames in Turpan depression in Xinjiang
 huǒ jiàn pào rocket artillery
 huǒ jiàn dàn rocket (artillery)
 huǒ jiàn tǒng bazooka / rocket launcher
 huǒ tuǐ cháng ham sausage
 huǒ zàng chǎng crematorium
 huǒ qiāng shǒu gunman / musketeer
 huǒ lóng guǒ red pitaya / dragon fruit / dragon pearl fruit (genus Hylocereus)
 huǒ shān yán volcanic rock
 huǒ shāo yún nuée ardente / hot cloud of volcanic ash
 huǒ bǎ jié Torch Festival
 huǒ liè niǎo flamingo
 huǒ shān huī volcanic ash
 huǒ yào tǒng powder keg
 huǒ liú xīng (astronomy) bolide / fireball
 huǒ chéng yán igneous rock (geology) / volcanic rock
 huǒ bān jiū (bird species of China) red turtle dove (Streptopelia tranquebarica)
 huǒ guān què (bird species of China) fire-capped tit (Cephalopyrus flammiceps)
 huǒ hè huā flamingo lily (Anthurium andraeanum)
 huǒ huàn bù asbestos cloth
 huǒ huā qì sparker
 huǒ huā shì spark chamber
 Huǒ jiàn jūn Rocket Force, branch of the PLA responsible for tactical and strategic missiles
 huǒ jù shǒu torchbearer / athlete carrying Olympic flame
 huǒ kuài zi fire tongs / hair curling tongs
 huǒ là là painful heat / scorching / painful heat / rude and forthright / provocative / hot / sexy
 huǒ lún chuán steamboat
 huǒ róng cǎo edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum)
 huǒ shān dài volcanic belt
 huǒ shān dǎo volcanic island
 huǒ shān dòu macadamia nut
 huǒ shān lì lapillus / lapilli
 huǒ shān xué volcanology
 huǒ wèi èr Deimos (moon of Mars), aka Mars II
 huǒ wèi yī Phobos (moon of Mars), aka Mars I
 Huǒ xīng Gē nickname of American singer Bruno Mars
 Huǒ xīng wén lit. Martian language / fig. Internet slang used to communicate secret messages that the general public or government can't understand
 huǒ xī yì fire lizard / fire-bellied salamander (Cynops orientalis David)
 Huǒ yào rì Tuesday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
 huǒ yào wèi smell of gunpowder / (fig.) combative tone / belligerence
 huǒ mào sān zhàng to get really angry
 huǒ lì fā diàn thermal power generation
 huǒ shù yín huā display of fireworks and lanterns
 huǒ shàng jiā yóu to add oil to the fire (idiom) / fig. to aggravate a situation / to enrage people and make matters worse
 huǒ shāo huǒ liáo restless with anxiety / unbearably hot and anxious
 huǒ shāo méi mao lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom) / fig. desperate situation / extreme emergency
 huǒ hǎi dāo shān see 刀山火海[dao1 shan1 huo3 hai3]
 huǒ shàng jiāo yóu to pour oil on the fire (idiom) / fig. to aggravate a situation / to enrage people and make matters worse
 huǒ yǎn jīn jīng piercing eyes / discerning eyes
 huǒ zhōng qǔ lì lit. to pull chestnuts out of the fire (idiom) / fig. to be sb's cat's-paw
  Tierra
  firearm marking / weapon marking / marking
  fire evacuation
  gun pit
  rocket-propelled grenade / propelled grenade
  fire alarm siren
  arc
  rocket warhead
 huǒ chéng suì xiè pyroclastic
 Huǒ dé xīng jūn spirit of the planet Mars
 Huǒ dì Qún dǎo Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia
 huǒ jiàn gōng jī rocket fire
 huǒ jiàn jì shù rocket technology
 huǒ jiàn rán liào rocket fuel
 huǒ jiàn tǎ jià service structure / gantry / service tower
Approximate Results for 火
 fáng huǒ to protect against fire
 liè huǒ raging inferno / blaze
 dà huǒ conflagration / large fire / CL:場|场[chang2]
 nù huǒ rage / fury / hot anger
 dēng huǒ lights
 yān huǒ smoke and fire / fireworks
 zhàn huǒ the flames of war
 diǎn huǒ to ignite / to light a fire / to agitate / to start an engine / ignition / fig. to stir up trouble
 fēng huǒ fire beacon (to give alarm)
 miè huǒ to extinguish a fire / firefighting
 rě huǒ to stir up the fire / fig. to provoke and offend people / to ruffle feathers
 qǐ huǒ to catch fire / to cook / to get angry
 fā huǒ to catch fire / to ignite / to detonate / to get angry
 xīng huǒ spark / meteor trail (mostly used in expressions like 急如星火[ji2 ru2 xing1 huo3])
 hóng huǒ prosperous
 yù huǒ lust
 nǎo huǒ to get angry / irritated / to annoy / to aggravate / annoying
 fàng huǒ to set on fire / to commit arson / to create a disturbance
 rú huǒ fiery
 zǒu huǒ to go off accidentally / to catch fire
 jūn huǒ weapons and ammunition / munitions / arms
 pào huǒ artillery barrage / gunfire
 gōu huǒ bonfire
 kāi huǒ to open fire
 shàng huǒ to get angry / to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)
 yàn huǒ fireworks
 xiāng huǒ incense burning in front of a temple / burning joss sticks
 bīng huǒ fire and ice / combination of sharply contrasting or incompatible elements
 jiù huǒ to put out a fire / firefighting
 shī huǒ to catch fire / to be on fire
 xī huǒ (of fire, lamp etc) to go out / to put out (fire) / (fig.) to die down / (of a vehicle) to stall
 shèng huǒ sacred fire / Olympic flame
 guò huǒ to go too far (in word or deed) / over the top
 pēn huǒ to shoot flames / to erupt (of volcanoes) / flaming (of flowers)
 shēng huǒ to make a fire / to light a fire
 jiāo huǒ firefight / shooting
 zòng huǒ to set on fire / to commit arson
 nài huǒ refractory (material) / fire-resistant
 tíng huǒ to cease fire / ceasefire
 zhú huǒ candle flame
 lú huǒ the fire of a stove
 mào huǒ to get angry / to burn with rage
 yě huǒ wildfire / (spreading like) wildfire / bush fire / farm fire (for clearing fields)
 wén huǒ small flame (when cooking, simmering etc)
 guǐ huǒ will-o'-the-wisp / jack-o'-lantern
 chái huo firewood
 míng huǒ flame / open fire
 shāo huǒ to light a fire for cooking
 wán huǒ to play with fire
 cuì huǒ to quench / to temper / to harden by quenching
 gān huǒ irascibility / irritability / (TCM) inflammation of the liver
 xū huǒ excess of internal heat due to poor general condition (TCM) / the prestige of another person, which one borrows for oneself
退 tuì huǒ annealing (metallurgy)
 yǐn huǒ to kindle / to light a fire
 jiàng huǒ to decrease internal heat (Chinese medicine)
 shān huǒ wildfire / forest fire
 yíng huǒ light of firefly / fairy light
 màn huǒ low heat (cooking)
 kǎo huǒ to warm oneself at a fire
 huí huǒ to temper (iron) / to flare back / flareback (in a gas burner) / (of an engine) to backfire
 zháo huǒ to ignite / to burn
 qù huǒ to reduce internal heat (TCM)
 shè huǒ festival entertainment (lion dance, dragon lantern etc)
 jǔ huǒ (literary) to light a fire
 lín huǒ phosphorescence
 nì huǒ (of an engine) to backfire
 zhèng huǒ normalization
 jiè huǒ to borrow a light (for a cigarette)
 bài huǒ relieve inflammation or internal heat
 yáng huǒ (coll.) matches (old)
  primer
 duì huǒ to use the tip of another person’s lit cigarette to light one's own
 fēng huǒ to cover a fire (to make it burn slowly)
 guān huǒ penetrating (vision)
 huā huǒ firework
 huó huǒ flaming fire / flames
 jí huǒ brisk heat (cooking) / (TCM) internal heat generated by anxiety
 lái huǒ to get angry
 lín huǒ forest fire
 pīn huǒ to exchange fire
 qīng huǒ to clear internal heat (Chinese Medicine)
 Qín huǒ the Qin burning of the books in 212 BC
 wēi huǒ a low fire (for roasting)
 xiàng huǒ to warm oneself facing the fire
 yíng huǒ backfire (firefighting)
 yù huǒ to catch fire / to ignite
 zào huo stove / kitchen
 zhàng huǒ battle
 zhàn huǒ to quench (a metal workpiece)
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 fáng huǒ qiáng firewall / CL:堵[du3]
 dǎ huǒ jī lighter / cigarette lighter
 yíng huǒ chóng firefly / glowworm / lightning bug
 miè huǒ qì fire extinguisher
 dǎo huǒ suǒ fuse (for explosive)
 diàn huǒ huā electric spark
线 dǎo huǒ xiàn fuse (for explosives) / (fig.) proximate cause / the last straw
 yī tuán huǒ fireball / ball of fire
 fēng huǒ tái beacon
 jūn huǒ shāng arms dealer / dealer in arms / dealer
 xiāo huǒ shuān fire hydrant
 miè huǒ jì suppressant
 jūn huǒ kù arsenal
 hóng huǒ yǐ fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), an introduced species in China
 nài huǒ zhuān refractory brick / firebrick
 bá huǒ guàn suction cup (used in Chinese medicine to draw the blood and qi 氣|气) / detachable suction chimney to make a stove draw
 Bài huǒ jiào sun worship / Zoroastrianism / see also 祆教[Xian1 jiao4]
 bù fā huǒ misfire
 hēi huǒ yào black powder
 xiāng huǒ qián donations to a temple
 zháo huǒ diǎn ignition point (temperature) / combustion point
  firing point
 bō huǒ gùn poker
 cuì huǒ cáo quench tank
 dǎ huǒ shí flint
 diǎn guǐ huǒ to stir up trouble in secret / to instigate
 diǎn huǒ yào primary explosive
 dòng gān huǒ to get angry
 fáng huǒ dào firebreak
 fáng huǒ tī fire escape
 fēng huǒ lún (martial arts) wind-and-fire wheel, weapon used in hand-to-hand fighting / (Daoism) a magical pair of wheels on which one can stand to ride at great speed, used by Nezha 哪吒[Ne2 zha5] / (fig.) never-ending treadmill
 fēng huǒ tái fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night)
 gài huǒ guō to block a shot (basketball)
绿 guǐ huǒ lu:4 (dialect) flaming mad / furious
 huó huǒ shān active volcano
 jiù huǒ gōu fire rake
 jūn huǒ chuán ammunition ship
 lái huǒ r to get angry
 nài huǒ tǔ fireproof stone / flame-resistant material
 pēn huǒ qì flamethrower
 shí huǒ jī cassowary (genus Casuarius), large flightless bird native to northeastern Australia and New Guinea / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
 shuàn huǒ guō see 涮鍋子|涮锅子[shuan4 guo1 zi5]
线 tíng huǒ xiàn cease-fire line
 yān huǒ jì pyrotechnics
 yǐn huǒ chái kindling
线 yǐn huǒ xiàn fuse (for explosives) / (fig.) proximate cause / the last straw
 zhǐ huǒ chái matches made of cardboard
 zhǐ huǒ guō paper hot pot (hot pot using a single-use pot made of Japanese washi paper with a special coating to prevent burning and leaking, used for cooking at the dining table)
 zòng huǒ fàn arsonist
 zòng huǒ zuì arson
2402灭 2402miè huǒ jì halon 2402
 rú huǒ rú tú like wildfire (idiom) / unstoppable
 rè huǒ cháo tiān in full swing (idiom) / (in a) frenzy / buzzing with activity
 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
 fēng fēng huǒ huǒ bustling / energetic
 shí wàn huǒ jí most urgent / posthaste / express
 yùn zài huǒ jiàn carrier rocket
 fù tāng dǎo huǒ lit. to jump into scalding water and plunge into raging fire (idiom) / fig. to brave any danger / to go to any lengths (for a noble cause)
 shā rén fàng huǒ to kill and burn (idiom) / murder and arson
 chèn huǒ dǎ jié to loot a burning house / to profit from sb's misfortune (idiom)
 wàn jiā dēng huǒ (of a city etc) ablaze with lights
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