Meaning of 火候
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
huǒhou
- heat control
- (fig.) mastery
- (fig.) crucial moment
Stroke order for each character
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火 huǒ · fire · 4 strokes
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候 hòu · to wait · 10 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 火候.
| 时候 | shíhou | time; length of time |
| 有时候 | yǒushíhou | sometimes |
| 火车 | huǒchē | train |
| 小时候 | xiǎoshíhou | in one's childhood |
| 这时候 | zhè shíhou | |
| 那时候 | nà shíhou | at that time |
| 气候 | qìhòu | (meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs) |
| 着火 | zháohuǒ | to catch fire |
| 问候 | wènhòu | to give one's respects; to send a greeting |
| 等候 | děnghòu | to wait; to wait for |
| 火灾 | huǒzāi | serious fire (in a city or a forest etc) |
| 火腿 | huǒtuǐ | ham |
Questions about 火候
What does 火候 mean?
火候 (huǒhou) means "heat control; (fig.) mastery" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 火候?
火候 is made of 2 characters: 火 (4 strokes), 候 (10 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.
Is 火候 an HSK word?
Yes. 火候 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.