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| Pronunciation |
: |
huǒ |
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| Meaning |
: |
- fire. (n)
- anger. ()
|
| Radical |
: |
火 |
| Strokes |
: |
4 |
| Traditional |
: |
火 |
| Usage |
: |
27.3% |
| Also as |
: |
huō |
|
Common Words / Phrases:
| 1. |
|
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: |
fire (as a disaster); conflagration |
| 2. |
|
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: |
get angry; flare up; lose one’s temper; ignition |
| 5. |
|
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: |
fight a fire; try to put out a fire |
| 6. |
|
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: |
put out a fire; extinguish a fire |
| 7. |
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: |
flourishing; prosperous |
Sentences:
| 1. The forest fire is intense. |
| sēn |
lín |
dà |
huǒ |
shāo |
de |
hěn |
shèng |
。 |
| 森 |
林 |
大 |
火 |
烧 |
得 |
很 |
盛 |
。 |
|
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| 森林 |
: |
forest |
| 大 |
: |
heavy (rain, etc.), strong (wind, etc.) |
| 火 |
: |
fire |
| 烧 |
: |
burn |
| 得 |
: |
(particle) used to link a verb or an adjective to a complement which describes the manner or degree |
| 很 |
: |
very |
| 盛 |
: |
intense |
|
| 2. Water will quench a fire. |
| shuǐ |
kě |
yǐ |
miè |
huǒ |
。 |
| 水 |
可 |
以 |
灭 |
火 |
。 |
|
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|
|
| 水 |
: |
water |
| 可以 |
: |
can |
| 灭 |
: |
extinguish, put out, turn off |
| 火 |
: |
fire |
|
| 3. take the next train |
| dā |
xià |
yì |
bān |
huǒ |
chē |
| 搭 |
下 |
一 |
班 |
火 |
车 |
|
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| 搭 |
: |
take (a ship, plane, etc.), travel (or go) by |
| 下 |
: |
next |
| 一 |
: |
one |
| 班 |
: |
(measure word) a trip by bus, boat, etc. |
| 火车 |
: |
train |
|
| 4. Don’t get angry. Let’s talk it over calmly. |
| nǐ |
bié |
fā |
huǒ |
， |
zán |
men |
màn |
mànr |
|
tán |
。 |
| 你 |
别 |
发 |
火 |
， |
咱 |
们 |
慢 |
慢 |
儿 |
谈 |
。 |
|
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| 你 |
: |
you |
| 别 |
: |
don’t |
| 发火 |
: |
get angry, flare up, lose one’s temper |
| 咱们 |
: |
we or us (including both the speaker and the person or persons spoken to) |
| 慢慢儿 |
: |
slowly |
| 谈 |
: |
talk |
|
| 5. The evening party was a great success. |
| wǎn |
huì |
kāi |
de |
hěn |
hóng |
huo |
。 |
| 晚 |
会 |
开 |
得 |
很 |
红 |
火 |
。 |
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|
| 晚会 |
: |
evening party |
| 开 |
: |
hold (a meeting, exhibition, etc.) |
| 得 |
: |
(particle) used to link a verb or an adjective to a complement which describes the manner or degree |
| 很 |
: |
very |
| 红火 |
: |
flourishing |
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how do you look? picture please
Hi dasod yash,
My picture? This is my gravatar picture.
ok thank you. any camera pictures?
isn’t 水 in#2 supposed to be Shuǐ instead of Shuì?
Hi dasod yash,
Yes. It is shuǐ, third tone.
it looks like Shuì