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[1] [n] fire; flame; burn with fire [2] [n] anger; rage; anger; temper [3] [n] urgency; urgent; imminent; pressing [4] the latent heat in a human body (Chinese medicine) [5] a group (people) [6] a Chinese family name [7] Kangxi radical 86 Stroke count: 4
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Radical: 火 (#86)
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點火 dim2 fo2 = to light a fire 火車 fo2 ce1 = train 火山 fo2 saan1 = volcano 火石 fo2 sek6 = flint 火星 fo2 sing1 = Mars; a spark 火車站 fo2 ce1 zaam6 = train station 活火山 wut6 fo2 saan1 = active volcano 火雞 fo2 gai1 = turkey (bird) 着火 zoek6 fo2 = catch fire; be on fire 火水 fo2 seoi2 = kerosene 粵 開火 hoi1 fo2 = to switch on the lights; to open fire 停火 ting4 fo2 = cease fire 火滾 fo2 gwan2 = infuriating 粵 慢火煮 maan6 fo2 zyu2 = simmer 火山口 fo2 saan1 hau2 = volcanic crater 走火 zau2 fo2 = sparking, discharge 金木水火土 gam1 muk6 seoi2 fo2 tou2 = the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth 火頸 fo2 geng2 = bad tempered (lit., "fire neck") 粵 火化 fo2 faa3 = cremate; incinerate; cremation 火柴人 fo2 caai4*2 jan4 = skinny; matchstick man 火車路 fo2 ce1 lou6 = a railway (also 鐵路) 紅火蟻 hung4 fo2 ngai5 = red fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) 火把 fo2 baa2 = torch 熄火 sik1 fo2 = extinguish; put out; stall 火腩 fo2 naam5 = variant of 燒腩 粵 撞火 zong6 fo2 = be furious; be angry 粵 火燭車 fo2 zuk1 ce1 = fire engine 粵 死火 sei2 fo2 = to break down; to come to a standstill 粵 發火 faat3 fo2 = to lose one's temper 火腿 fo2 teoi2 = ham 火鍋 fo2 wo1 = hotpot 燈火 dang1 fo2 = lights 火災 fo2 zoi1 = fire (that burns buildings, etc.) 火箭 fo2 zin3 = rocket 火箭炮 fo2 zin3 paau3 = bazooka; rocket artillery 縱火 zung3 fo2 = arson 起火 hei2 fo2 = pyrophoric, spontaneously combustible 軍火 gwan1 fo2 = arms, weapons; firearms 火爐 fo2 lou4 = a stove, fireplace 火盆 fo2 pun4 = brasier, brazier, fire-pan 火酒 fo2 zau2 = firewater, alcohol 粵 過火 gwo3 fo2 = overreach, overshoot, intemperate 導火線 dou6 fo2 sin3 = a fuse (e.g., for explosives. lit: "wire that guides fire") 火警 fo2 ging2 = fire alarm 救火車 gau3 fo2 ce1 = fire engine 火候 fo2 hau6 = duration; level of attainment 火嘴 fo2 zeoi2 = burner port 火爆 fo2 baau3 = fiery; irritable; flourishing 火罐 fo2 gun3 = cupping jar/glass 無明火 mou4 ming4 fo2 = flames of anger 山火 saan1 fo2 = forest fire in the mountains 火勢 fo2 sai3 = fire intensity 火場 fo2 coeng4 = scene of a fire 中火 zung1 fo2 = medium heat; medium baking temperature 火燭 fo2 zuk1 = to catch fire 粵 火牛 fo2 ngau4 = transformer 粵 火麻仁 fo2 maa4 jan4 = hemp seed 螢火蟲 jing4 fo2 cung4 = firefly; lightning bug 火上加油 fo2 soeng5 gaa1 jau4 = "add fuel to the flames"; to aggravate the situation 火棒 fo2 paang5 = a lighted torch (used in acrobatics) 火氣 fo2 hei3 = internal heat (as a cause of disease); anger, temper 火鉗 fo2 kim4 = fire tongs; coal tongs; a poker 火藥味 fo2 joek6 mei6 = smell of gunpowder 慢火 maan6 fo2 = a slow fire 佛都有火 fat6 dou1 jau5 fo2 = intolerable anger; "that's the limit!" (lit., "even Buddha gets inflamed") 粵 忿火 fan5 fo2 = wrath, fury 過了火位 gwo3 liu5 fo2 wai6*2 = exaggerated 國 扯火 ce2 fo2 = to get angry; to lose one's temper; to insult or argue with someone 光火 gwong1 fo2 = anger 火鐮 fo2 lim4 = a flint cutter for getting sparks 打火機 daa2 fo2 gei1 = lighter 火遮眼 fo2 ze1 ngaan5 = fiery eyes 心火 sam1 fo2 = tenseness, nervous excitement 胃火 wai6 fo2 = overactivity of the stomach 打得火熱 daa2 dak1 fo2 jit6 = (of two persons) passionately attached to each other 明火 ming4 fo2 = out in the open, unhidden 明火打劫 ming4 fo2 daa2 gip3 = open robbery 粵 火水燈 fo2 seoi2 dang1 = kerosene lamp 火水爐 fo2 seoi2 lou4 = paraffin stove 無明火起 mou4 ming4 fo2 hei2 = fly into a rage 點火者 dim2 fo2 ze2 = igniter 點火鍵 dim2 fo2 gin6 = an ignition key 氣體打火機 hei3 tai2 daa2 fo2 gei1 = a gas lighter, a Zippo 起火者 hei2 fo2 ze2 = igniter 火路 fo2 lou6 = fire shaft 垂直火路 seoi4 zik6 fo2 lou6 = fire shaft 救火 gau3 fo2 = to fight a fire, fire fighting 火險 fo2 him2 = fire insurance; fire risk 劃火柴 waak6 fo2 caai4/4*2 = to strike a match 火船 fo2 syun4 = a steamer, motor vessel, sailing ship, a fire ship 粵 搞到死火 gaau2 dou3 sei2 fo2 = to involve in (usually financial) trouble; engine trouble or car stalled 火藥 fo2 joek6 = gunpowder 交火 gaau1 fo2 = fire-fight; shooting, to fire 火龍果 fo2 lung4 gwo2 = dragon fruit 乘火車 sing4 fo2 ce1 = to entrain; to ride a train 停火協議 ting4 fo2 hip3 ji5 = cease fire agreement 大火 daai6 fo2 = conflagration; large fire 炮火 paau3 fo2 = [n] artillery barrage; gunfire 火龍 fo2 lung4 = fiery dragon 火車頭 fo2 ce1 tau4 = train engine; locomotive 火花 fo2 faa1 = spark; sparkle 火牆 fo2 coeng4 = firewall (literal translation, but see also 防火牆) 國 火焰鳥 fo2 jim6 niu5 = phoenix (bird) 火焰山 fo2 jim6 saan1 = HuoYan Shan (Flaming Mountains) 火焰 fo2 jim6 = blaze; flame 火炬 fo2 geoi6 = torch 火柴 fo2 caai4/4*2 = a match (used for lighting cigarettes, etc.) 火星快車 fo2 sing1 faai3 ce1 = Mars Express (EU spacecraft) 火力 fo2 lik6 = fire; firepower 火兒 fo2 ji4 = angry 柴火 caai4 fo2 = faggot; fagot; firewood 失火 sat1 fo2 = catch fire; fire (alarm) 防火牆 fong4 fo2 coeng4 = firewall (lit., "wall that prevents fire") 粵 噴火山口 pan3 fo2 saan1 hau2 = caldera 俾火燒 bei2 fo2 siu1 = to be burnt 火爐城市 fo2 lou4 sing4 si5 = so-called "stove cities" because of their hot summers 滅火筒 mit6 fo2 tung4*2 = fire extinguisher 火警警報系統 fo2 ging2 ging2 bou3 hai6 tung2 = fire alarm system 藍色火焰 laam4 sik1 fo2 jim6 = blue flame 表演過火 biu2 jin2 gwo3 fo2 = [v] overplay 以水救火 ji5 seoi2 gau3 fo2 = dousing the flames 停火協定 ting4 fo2 hip3 ding6 = (hold/break a) ceasefire/truce 火海 fo2 hoi2 = inferno 還火 waan4 fo2 = fired back 子彈火車 zi2 daan6*2 fo2 ce1 = bullet train 火警演習 fo2 ging2 jin2 zaap6 = fire drill 走火通道 zau2 fo2 tung1 dou6 = fire escape 火葬 fo2 zong3 = [n] cremation, [v] to cremate 霹靂火 pik1 lik1 fo2 = a thunderbolt 火點 fo2 dim2 = Russell's Snapper (Lutianus russelli) 赴湯蹈火 fu6 tong1 dou6 fo2 = go through fire and water 火光 fo2 gwong1 = a spark 煙火 jin1 fo2 = smoke and fire; fireworks 火星符號 fo2 sing1 fu4 hou6*2 = ♂ (Symbol for the planet Mars) 林火 lam4 fo2 = forest fire 回火 wui4 fo2 = [n] backfire 怒火 nou6 fo2 = [n] rage; fury 惱火 nou5 fo2 = [v] aggravate; annoy; [adj] annoying 戰火 zin3 fo2 = [n] conflagration 敗火 baai6 fo2 = relieve inflammation or internal heat 如火 jyu4 fo2 = fiery 惹火 je5 fo2 = anger; combustible; sexy 水火不相容 seoi2 fo2 bat1 soeng1 jung4 = incompatible; have no contact with each other 國 紙包不住火 zi2 baau1 bat1 zyu6 fo2 = one can't wrap fire in paper (there is no concealing the truth); truth will out 國 去火 heoi3 fo2 = [TCM] reduce internal heat; relieve inflammation or fever 無煙火藥 mou4 jin1 fo2 joek6 = smokeless gunpowder; ballistite (common formation) 刀山火海 dou1 saan1 fo2 hoi2 = a mountain of swords and a sea of flames; most dangerous places; most severe trials 火器 fo2 hei3 = a firearm 火法冶金 fo2 faat3 je5 gam1 = pyrometallurgy 火流星 fo2 lau4 sing1 = a bolide; fireball 火筷子 fo2 faai3 zi2 = fire-tongs; tongs 火網 fo2 mong5 = [military] network of fire; fire net 火線 fo2 sin3 = battle line; [elec.] live wire 火辣辣地 fo2 laat6 laat6*2 dei6*2 = smartly (lit., "fiery spicy") 火鉤子 fo2 ngau1 zi2 = fire hook; poker 鬼火 gwai2 fo2 = a Jack-o'-lantern 纏腰火丹 cin4 yiu1 fo2 daan1 = [TCM] girdling fire cinnabar (herpes zoster) 水火 seoi2 fo2 = two things opposed to each other (lit., "fire and water") 水火無情 seoi2 fo2 mou4 cing4 = floods and fires have no mercy for anybody (lit., "fire and water have no feelings") 死火山 sei2 fo2 saan1 = an extinct volcano (lit., "dead volcano") 食火藥 sik6 fo2 joek6 = very angry 粵 輕軌火車 hing1 gwai2 fo2 ce1 = light rail train 爆火 baau3 fo2 = to have a fit of temper 秋火 cau1 fo2 = a camera 扯晒火 ce2 saai3 fo2 = angry; indignant 坐火車 co5 fo2 ce1 = (to travel) by train 燈油火蠟 dang1 jau4 fo2 laap6 = the day-to-day cost of running a business 火起 fo2 hei2 = angered, filled with hate 火紅火綠 fo2 hung4 fo2 luk6 = blazing with anger 火屎 fo2 si2 = left over odd cinders after a fire extinguishes (not completely burnt); a spark 粵 一把火 jat1 baa2 fo2 = angry; angered, filled with hate 火鴨雞 fo2 aap3*2 gai1 = a turducken 火機 fo2 gei1 = a lighter (打火機) 火車未到站 fo2 ce1 mei6 dou3 zaam6 = having one's trousers inadvertantly unzipped (lit., "train isn't yet at the station") 鬼火咁靚 gwai2 fo2 gam3 leng3 = stunningly beautiful (of a woman) 粵 風頭火勢 fung1 tau4 fo2 sai3 = a dangerous situation; "at full blast" 直通火車 zik6 tung1 fo2 ce1 = non-stop train , through train 點火器 dim2 fo2 hei3 = an igniter 火花點火器 fo2 faa1 dim2 fo2 hei3 = spark lighter (common formation) 火烈鳥 fo2 lit6 niu5 = flamingo 烏燈黑火 wu1 dang1 hak1 fo2 = in complete darkness 粵 黑燈瞎火 hak1 dang1 hat6 fo2 = in complete darkness 國 易過借火 ji6 gwo3 ze3 fo2 = too easy (lit., "as easy as asking another smoker to help light up a cigarette") 粵 小火花 siu2 fo2 faa1 = sparklet 水火不容 seoi2 fo2 bat1 jung4 = incompatible; have no contact with each other 走軍火 zau2 gwan1 fo2 = arms trafficking 把幾火 baa2 gei2 fo2 = extremely angry 粵 火葬場 fo2 zong3 coeng4 = crematorium; crematory 烈火 lit6 fo2 = raging inferno; blaze 老火湯 lou5 fo2 tong1 = slow boiled/simmered soup (lit., "old fire soup") 上火 soeng5 fo2 = get angry; [TCM] suffer from excessive internal heat (with such symptoms as constipation, conjunctivitis and inflammation of the nasal and oral cavities) 火拼 fo2 ping3 = open fight between factions 搧風點火 = variant of 煽風點火 車死咗火 ce1 sei2 zo2 fo2 = the car is stalled 粵 (common formation) 車唔起火 ce1 m4 hei2 fo2 = the car doesn't start 粵 (common formation) 逆火 jik6 fo2 = [n] backfire 產生逆火 caan2 sang1 jik6 fo2 = [v] to backfire 真金不怕紅爐火 zan1 gam1 bat1 paa3 hung4 lou4 fo2 = True gold fears no fire: a person of integrity can stand severe tests 火燒火燎 fo2 siu1 fo2 liu4 = feeling terribly hot; restless with anxiety 燎原之火 liu4 jyun4 zi1 fo2 = wildfire 㷫過火屎 hing3 gwo3 fo2 si2 = extremely angry 粵 㷫過火炭屎 hing3 gwo3 fo2 taan3 si2 = extremely angry 粵 㷫過火炭 hing3 gwo3 fo2 taan3 = extremely angry 粵 火車軌 fo2 ce1 gwai2 = a railroad track 趁火打劫 can3 fo2 daa2 gip3 = to loot a burning house; to take adventage of sb.'s misfortune 滅火喉 mit6 fo2 hau4 = a firehose; a fire hydrant; jet (of water) 燈油火臘 dang1 jau4 fo2 laap6 = expenditure for water, gas, electricity bills 粵 火砲 fo2 paau3 = cannon; gun; artillery 火種 fo2 zung2 = kindling material, kindling, tinder; live cinders kept for starting a new fire 聖火 sing3 fo2 = sacred fire 螢火 jing4 fo2 = light of firefly; fairy light 火星文 fo2 sing1 man4*2 = Martian language 如火如荼 jyu4 fo2 jyu4 tou4 = like a raging wildfire; daunting and vigorous (momentum) 紙包唔住火 zi2 baau1 m4 zyu6 fo2 = there is no concealing the truth (lit., "one can't wrap fire in paper") 粵 駁火 bok3 fo2 = to exchange gunfire 粵 耐火 noi6 fo2 = fireproof; fire-resistant 城門失火 sing4 mun4 sat1 fo2 = a fire in the city gates 篝火 gau1 fo2 = bonfire 鴛鴦火鍋 jyun1 joeng1 fo2 wo1 = hot pot with two separate soup bases 冷火雞 laang5 fo2 gai1 = cold turkey 火爐仔 fo2 lou4 zai2 = a small, warm, cuddly child (lit., "little stove") 粵 烤火 haau1 fo2 = to warm oneself by a fire 焙火爐 bui6 fo2 lou4 = to warm oneself by a fire 粵 放火 fong3 fo2 = to set fire, to commit arson; provocation 殺人放火 saat3 jan4 fong3 fo2 = to commit murder and arson 木炭火盆 muk6 taan3 fo2 pun4 = a hibachi (common formation) 常燃小火 soeng4 jin4 siu2 fo2 = a pilot light 火箭推進榴彈 fo2 zin3 teoi1 zeon3 lau4 daan6*2 = rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) 火警鐘 fo2 ging2 zung1 = fire alarm bell 撻出愛火花 taat3 ceot1 oi3 fo2 faa1 = ignite sparks of love 粵 擦出愛火花 caat3 ceot1 oi3 fo2 faa1 = to ingnite sparks of love 十萬火急 sap6 maan6 fo2 gap1 = extremely urgent 四點火 sei3 dim2 fo2 = Kangxi radical 86 (fire) (灬) 生火 sang1 fo2 = fire up 飛蛾撲火 fei1 ngo4 pok3 fo2 = like a moth to a flame 點燃聖火 dim2 jin4 sing3 fo2 = ignite the olympic flame 火苗 fo2 miu4 = a flame; a tongue of flame 慾火攻心 juk6 fo2 gung1 sam1 = to be steeped in sensual passion; to be bombarded with sexual desires 薪火相傳 san1 fo2 soeng1 cyun4 = pass the torch; handing over responsibilities; passing on knowledge from teacher to student 心火盛 sam1 fo2 sing6 = be easily enraged; easily agitated to anger 粵 火頭 fo2 tau4 = source of trouble; cause of trouble 粵 眼火爆 ngaan5 fo2 baau3 = angry, enraged, eyes blazing with anger 粵 玩過火 waan4*2 gwo3 fo2 = get too carried away; take things too far 粵 火星人 fo2 sing1 jan4 = martian 隔岸觀火 gaak3 ngon6 gun1 fo2 = look on unconcerned while sb. is in trouble or danger; be indifferent to the problems of others 收火 sau1 fo2 = to simmer down; cool down; recompose 粵 蒸汽火車 zing1 hei3 fo2 ce1 = steam train 火狐 fo2 wu4 = Firefox (web browser) 冒火 mou6 fo2 = burn with anger, get angry, flare up 撥火 put3 fo2 = incite; instigate 夠火路 gau3 fo2 lou6 = just the right duration and degree of heating when cooking 粵 走火入魔 zau2 fo2 jap6 mo1 = overdo; go too far; go to extremes 煽風點火 sin3 fung1 dim2 fo2 = fan the flames 睡火山 seoi6 fo2 saan1 = dormant volcano; potentially active volcano 燈光火着 dang1 gwong1 fo2 zoek6 = well-illuminated 粵 火鴨 fo2 aap3 = variant of 燒鴨 粵 核火箭發動機 hat6 fo2 zin3 faat3 dung6 gei1 = nuclear rocket engine 拜火教 baai3 fo2 gaau3 = Zoroastrianism 不光亮的火焰 bat1 gwong1 loeng6 dik1 fo2 jim6 = non-luminous flame 國 (common formation) 不明亮火焰 bat1 ming4 loeng6 fo2 jim6 = non-luminous flame 國 (common formation) 光亮的火焰 gwong1 loeng6 dik1 fo2 jim6 = luminous flame 國 (common formation) 明亮火焰 ming4 loeng6 fo2 jim6 = luminous flame (common formation) 滅火氈 mit6 fo2 zin1 = fire blanket 滅火沙桶 mit6 fo2 saa1 tung2 = fire bucket, sand bucket 防火墊 fong4 fo2 zin3 = heat-proof mat 黃色火焰 wong4 sik1 fo2 jim6 = yellow flame (common formation) 火炭 fo2 taan3 = Fo Tan (a suburb of Sha Tin) 四級火警 sei3 kap1 fo2 ging2 = a No.4 alarm 出火 ceot1 fo2 = lit., "to exit fire"; ejaculation, sexual release, "to come" 軍火工業 gwan1 fo2 gung1 jip6 = armament industry (common formation) 吞火者 tan1 fo2 ze2 = a fire eater (at the circus) 金華火腿 gam1 waa4 fo2 teoi2 = Jinhua ham (dry-cured ham named after the city of Jinhua) (common formation) 火焰木 fo2 jim6 muk6 = Spathodea campanulata (African tulip tree) 火警探測線 fo2 ging2 taam3 caak1 sin3 = FireWire (common formation) 乾柴烈火 gon1 caai4 lit6 fo2 = a volatile or explosive situation 飛機火燭 fei1 gei1 fo2 zuk1 = bewitching, charming (of a girl) 粵 冰火 bing1 fo2 = a form of oral sex involving alternating cold and heat 粵 赴湯蹈火,在所不辭 fu6 tong1 dou6 fo2, zoi6 so2 bat1 ci4 = won't flinch from any dangerous task 妒火中燒 dou3 fo2 zung1 siu1 = to be raging with jealousy; burning with jealousy 火警調查犬 fo2 ging2 diu6 caa4 hyun2 = fire investigation dog (common formation) 野火會 je5 fo2 wui6*2 = barbecue party 撻火 taat1 fo2 = ignite 粵 火燒旗杆 fo2 siu1 kei4 gon1 = enjoy a luxurious life forever 粵 不食人間煙火 bat1 sik6 jan4 gaan1 jin1 fo2 = otherworldly; free of worldly cares 豆腐火腩飯 dau6 fu6 fo2 naam5 faan6 = braised tofu and roast pork with rice 粵 動力火車 dung6 lik6 fo2 ce1 = Power Station (band name) 風火海 fung1 fo2 hoi2 = Wind Fire Sea (male musical group) 火炬計劃 fo2 geoi6 gai3 waak6 = Torch Program (a plan to develop new and high technology) (common formation) 秦火 ceon4 fo2 = the Qin burning of the books in 212 BC |
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一粒荔枝三把火。 粵
A lychee carries 'three fire'. [This references the Chinese concept of 'internal body heat' - '熱氣'. Lychees are said to be a very '熱氣' kind of fruit and this may be said with the term 'three fire'.]
我架車死咗火,你快啲派架拖車嚟啦! 粵
My car's packed up, quickly send out a repair truck! [Lit. My [counter] car die-already fire, you faster send [counter] drag-car come [particle]! 死咗火 is more commonly used than 壞咗.]
你哋會唔會有啲火花呀? 粵 ?!
Are there ever sparks between you? [Lit. you-[plural marker] will-not-will have [plural counter] sparks [particle]? The 'sparks' could possibly of anger or love. [Check please!]]
佢郁啲撞火﹐撞親火就面都紅晒。 粵
Show all 14 examplesHis face flares red whenever he gets cross, which happens quite often. [Cantonese language often prefers 'simple' repetition (撞火) to 'unnatural' conjunction (such as 每當) for the sense of "whenever".] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |