走火 meaning in English

zǒuhuǒ

to go off accidentally; to catch fire

11 strokes

Meaning of 走火

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zǒuhuǒ
  1. to go off accidentally
  2. to catch fire

走火 in example sentences

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

枪qiāng走zǒu火huǒ了le。
The pistol misfired.

Stroke order for each character

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走 zǒu · to walk · 7 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3
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  7. 7

火 huǒ · fire · 4 strokes

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

Related words

Words that share a character with 走火.

火车huǒchētrain
走路zǒulùto walk; to go on foot; to leave; to depart
走开zǒukāito leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside
走进zǒujìnto enter; to step into
走过zǒuguòto walk past; to pass by
着火zháohuǒto catch fire
逃走táozǒuto escape; to flee
火灾huǒzāiserious fire (in a city or a forest etc)
火腿huǒtuǐham
火柴huǒcháimatch (for lighting fire)
拿走názǒuto take away
火箭huǒjiànrocket

Questions about 走火

What does 走火 mean?

走火 (zǒuhuǒ) means "to go off accidentally; to catch fire".

How do you write 走火?

走火 is made of 2 characters: 走 (7 strokes), 火 (4 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.