发火 meaning in English

fāhuǒ

to catch fire; to ignite; to lose one's temper; to blow up

HSK 7-9Traditional 發火9 strokes

Meaning of 发火

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

fāhuǒ
  1. to catch fire; to ignite
  2. to lose one's temper; to blow up

发火 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

对duì不bù起qǐ,我wǒ并bìng不bù想xiǎng对duì你nǐ发fā火huǒ。
Sorry, I didn't mean to snap at you.
汤tāng姆mǔ开kāi始shǐ发fā火huǒ了le。
Tom started getting mad.
我wǒ为wèi他tā傲ào慢màn自zì大dà对duì他tā发fā火huǒ。
I lost my temper with him because of his arrogance.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

发 fā · to send out · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

火 huǒ · fire · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

Related words

Words that share a character with 发火.

火车huǒchētrain
发现fāxiànto notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect
出发chūfāto set off; to start (on a journey); (fig.) to proceed from (a particular standpoint or ba
头发tóufahair (on the head)
发生fāshēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 發生問題|发生问题[fa1 sheng1 wen4 ti2] "a probl
发展fāzhǎndevelopment; growth
发出fāchūto issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let ou
发明fāmíngto invent; an invention
沙发shāfā(loanword) sofa (CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1]); (Internet slang) first reply to a forum post
发表fābiǎoto issue; to publish
发动fādòngto start; to launch
发送fāsòngto transmit; to dispatch

Questions about 发火

What does 发火 mean?

发火 (fāhuǒ) means "to catch fire; to ignite; to lose one's temper; to blow up".

How do you write 发火?

发火 is made of 2 characters: 发 (5 strokes), 火 (4 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.

Is 发火 an HSK word?

Yes. 发火 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 发火 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 发火 is written 發火.