"Flame" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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火焰 huǒ yàn blaze / flame
火光 huǒ guāng flame / blaze
火苗 huǒ miáo flame
明火 míng huǒ flame / open fire
炎 yán flame / inflammation / -itis
焮 xìn heat / flame / inflammation
爓 yàn flame
火焰邮件 huǒ yàn yóu jiàn flame e-mail / flame (n.)
炣 kě (literary) fire / flame
新欢 xīn huān new flame / new lover
神农 Shén nóng Shennong or Farmer God (c. 2000 BC), first of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] and creator of agriculture
圣火 shèng huǒ sacred fire / Olympic flame
烛火 zhú huǒ candle flame
文火 wén huǒ small flame (when cooking, simmering etc)
炎帝 Yán dì Flame Emperors (c. 2000 BC), legendary dynasty descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
爆炒 bào chǎo to stir-fry rapidly using a high flame / to conduct a media blitz / to manipulate a stock market through large-scale buying and selling
火舌 huǒ shé tongue of flame
飞蛾扑火 fēi é pū huǒ the moth flies into the flame / fatal attraction
神农氏 Shén nóng shì Shennong or Farmer God (c. 2000 BC), first of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] and creator of agriculture in China / followers or clan of Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2]
额定值 é dìng zhí rating (for power output, flame resistance etc)
煽 shān to fan into a flame / to incite
煲 bāo to cook slowly over a low flame / pot / saucepan
火柱 huǒ zhù column of flame
熛 biāo blaze / flame flaring
榆罔 Yú wǎng Yuwang (c. 2000 BC), last of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4], defeated by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4]
火炬手 huǒ jù shǒu torchbearer / athlete carrying Olympic flame
临魁 Lín kuí Linkui (c. 2000 BC), second of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
姜石年 Jiāng Shí nián Jiang Shinian (c. 2000 BC), birth name of Shennong 神農|神农[Sheng2 nong2] Farmer God, first of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] and creator of agriculture in China
隐燃 yǐn rán burning with no flame / fire beneath the surface / hidden combustion
火焰探测器 huǒ yàn tàn cè qì flame detector
火焰抑制剂 huǒ yàn yì zhì jì flame inhibitor / inhibitor
消焰剂 xiāo yàn jì flame inhibitor / inhibitor
火焰电离检测器 huǒ yàn diàn lí jiǎn cè qì flame ionization detector
火焰光度检测器  flame photometric detector
爌 kuǎng flame light
薪火相传 xīn huǒ xiāng chuán lit. the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest (idiom) / fig. (of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another
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