火 (fo2 | huo3) : fire

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火

fo2

huo3

[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

Level: 1

Radical: 火 (#86)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

火

This word has been viewed 24484 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 22nd Jul 2009 22:18

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點火 dim2 fo2 dian3 huo3 = to light a fire

火車 fo2 ce1 huo3 che1 = train

火山 fo2 saan1 huo3 shan1 = volcano

火石 fo2 sek6 = flint

火星 fo2 sing1 huo3 xing1 = Mars; a spark

火車站 fo2 ce1 zaam6 = train station

活火山 wut6 fo2 saan1 huo2 huo3 shan1 = active volcano

火雞 fo2 gai1 huo3 ji1 = turkey (bird)

着火 zoek6 fo2 zhao2 huo3 = catch fire; be on fire

火水 fo2 seoi2 = kerosene 粵
See all 274 compounds (CantoDict reports 289 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 14 examples containing 火

我最憎搭火車㗎嘞粵
I hate to ride on trains.

火雞煮得好唔係容易粵
Cooking a turkey well is not easy.

烤火雞不是一件容易的事國
Cooking a turkey well is not easy.

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'.]

紙係包唔住火。粵
Paper cannot wrap fire.
[Subtext: a secret cannot be kept forever.]

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!]]

唔好惹起我把火呀！粵
Don't aggravate me !

佢郁啲撞火﹐撞親火就面都紅晒。粵
His 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".]

間工廠畀火燒，旁邊嘅住宅都殃及池魚粵
The nearby houses were not spared when the factory caught fire.

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