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火
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- 火
- huǒ · fire, flame; burn; anger, rage
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Mandarin tones
3 · huo3
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 21 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
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Cantonese word readings for 火. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- fire; flame (Classifier: 把 m; 團／团 m)
- fire (as a disaster); inferno
- fire, one of the five elements of Wu Xing (五行 (-))
- fire, one of the five elements of Wu Xing (五行 (-)) — (Classical) short for 火曜日 (huǒyàorì): Tuesday
- red; fiery; bright; brilliant
- to burn down
- light; torch
- (dialectal) light; lamp
- anger; rage; wrath
- to become enraged
- angry; furious
- (traditional Chinese medicine) internal heat
- firearm; ammunition; weapon
- war; warfare
- thriving; brisk
- urgent; pressing
- (neologism) to become popular; to go viral
- (neologism) to be popular; to be viral
- (Cantonese) watt (unit of power)
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 火星 (Huǒxīng, “Mars”)
- (Cantonese) roasted
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