火 (huǒ) means Fire. Below are 24 of the 56 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
天气太干，小心 火 。
Tiānqì tài gān, xiǎoxīn huǒ.
The weather is very dry; be careful with fire.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 火
火 太大了，菜要糊了。
Huǒ tài dà le, cài yào hú le.
The heat is too high; the food is going to burn.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 火
火 焰越烧越高。
Huǒyàn yuè shāo yuè gāo.
The flames rose higher and higher.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 火焰
他越想越恼 火 。
Tā yuè xiǎng yuè nǎohuǒ.
The more he thought about it the more irritated he got.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 恼火
我在 火 车站等你。
Wǒ zài huǒchēzhàn děng nǐ.
I'll wait for you at the train station.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 火车站
下一站是 火 车站。
Xià yí zhàn shì huǒchēzhàn.
The next stop is the train station.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 站
请给我一盒 火 柴。
Qǐng gěi wǒ yì hé huǒchái.
Please give me a box of matches.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 火柴
木头在 火 里燃烧。
Mùtou zài huǒ lǐ ránshāo.
The wood is burning in the fire.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 燃烧
厨房差点着 火 了。
Chúfáng chàdiǎn zháohuǒ le.
The kitchen nearly caught fire.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 着火
大厅里灯 火 辉煌。
Dàtīng lǐ dēnghuǒ huīhuáng.
The hall was brilliantly lit.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 辉煌
纸终究包不住 火 。
Zhǐ zhōngjiū bāo bu zhù huǒ.
Paper cannot in the end wrap up fire.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 终究
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From the graded readers
上个月我坐 火 车去上海。
shànggèyuè wǒ zuò huǒchē qù shànghǎi.
Last month I took the train to Shanghai.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · The Train to Shanghai
我早上七点到了 火 车站。
wǒ zǎoshang qī diǎn dàole huǒchēzhàn.
I got to the station at seven in the morning.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · The Train to Shanghai
四个小时以后， 火 车到了上海。
sì gè xiǎoshí yǐhòu, huǒchē dàole shànghǎi.
Four hours later the train arrived in Shanghai.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · The Train to Shanghai
火 车开了以后，我看见了很多山和田。
huǒchē kāile yǐhòu, wǒ kànjiànle hěnduō shān hé tián.
After the train pulled out I saw a lot of hills and fields.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · The Train to Shanghai
我走过去问他：“请问， 火 车站怎么走？”
wǒ zǒu guòqù wèn tā:" qǐngwèn, huǒchēzhàn zěnme zǒu?"
I went over and asked, "Excuse me, how do I get to the station?"
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost
看着 火 车开走的时候，我才发现自己一直没说“再见”。
kànzhe huǒchē kāi zǒu de / dì shíhou, wǒ cái fāxiàn zìjǐ yìzhí méi shuō" zàijiàn".
Watching the train pull out, I realised I'd never actually said goodbye.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye
那天晚上我找到了 火 车站。可是我一直记得的，是那个红薯。
nà / nèi tiān wǎnshang wǒ zhǎodàole huǒchēzhàn. kěshì wǒ yìzhí jìde de / dì, shì nèigè hóngshǔ.
I found the station that night. But what I've remembered ever since is the sweet potato.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost
From the travel phrasebook
From the grammar library
火 车快要开了。
Huǒchē kuàiyào kāi le.
The train is about to leave.
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 快…了 / 要…了 — about to happen
坐飞机比坐 火 车快。
Zuò fēijī bǐ zuò huǒchē kuài.
Flying is faster than taking the train.
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 比 comparisons
火 appears in 56 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 火
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 火
How is 火 used in a sentence?
This page shows 56 sentences using 火 (huǒ, "Fire"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 火 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 火 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 火 an HSK word?
Yes — 火 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 火?
The dictionary page for 火 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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