火箭

火箭 huǒjiàn

Rocket†

火箭 in a sentence HSK 6 huojian

What 火箭 means

  1. Rocket†

† Our own dictionary has no entry for 火箭, so these meanings are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors and based on CEDICT © 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski, and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Character by character

火箭 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

火
huǒ
Fire
箭
jiàn
Arrow

How to write 火箭

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火箭 in a sentence

火箭在凌晨顺利发射。
Huǒjiàn zài língchén shùnlì fāshè.
The rocket launched successfully in the early hours.
孩子用纸做了一个小火箭。
Háizi yòng zhǐ zuò le yí ge xiǎo huǒjiàn.
The child made a little rocket out of paper.

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Questions about 火箭

What does 火箭 mean in English?

火箭 is pronounced huǒjiàn and means Rocket †.

How do you pronounce 火箭?

火箭 is huǒjiàn in pinyin — written huojian without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 火箭?

火箭 is written with 2 characters: 火 (huǒ) Fire, 箭 (jiàn) Arrow. Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

Is 火箭 an HSK word?

Yes — 火箭 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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