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火柴 huǒchái

火柴 huǒchái Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 火柴 huǒchái .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
huǒchái | huo3 chai2
English translation
match (for lighting fire)
CL: gēn [gēn],[hé]

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Traditional form

火柴 huǒchái

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 火柴 huǒchái

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Huǒ

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of fire.

Positional decomposition

丷人

Number of Strokes

4
Chái

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

此木

Number of Strokes

10

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Example sentences using 火柴 huǒchái

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huá zhāo gēn 火柴 huǒchái ,点火 diǎn huǒ 抽烟 chōuyān .

He struck a match and lit up.

huá le gēn 火柴 huǒchái .

He struck a match.

zhè 火柴 huǒchái 容易 róngyì huá zhāo .

The match lights easily.

火柴 huǒchái huá zhāo .

The match wouldn't strike.

le gēn 火柴 huǒchái 蜡烛 làzhú diǎn liàng .

He struck a light and set the candle going.

火柴 huǒchái Decomposition

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火柴 huǒchái Compounds

See all 562 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 火柴 huǒchái in their composition.

  • Huǒ
    • líng
    • miè
    • huī
    • zāi
        • sōu
    • Qiū
      • chóu
        • ,
      • jiū , qiāo , chǒu , qiū , jiū , qiū , qiū , chǒu , qiǎo , jiū , jiǎo , jiǎo , zhòu , jiū , qiū , , , , , 踿, , , qiāo , qiū , , qiū
      • , , , ,
    • yán
      • Tán , tǎn , dàn , dàn , tán , tán , shàn , dàn , tán , yǎn , shàn , yǎn , chuā , yǎn , shǎn , tǎn , dǎn , tán , tán , tán , , , , , , , , xián , , , , , , tán , , , , , ,
    • zhì
    • xiè
    • kài
      • róng
        • róng , héng , , róng , , , róng
      • láo
        • lāo , láo , , láo , láo , , , , , lào , láo , , , , , ,
      • xíng
      • yíng
        • ,
      • yíng
      • yíng
      • yíng
        • ,
      • yíng
      • yīng , yīng , yǒng , yīng , liáo , yíng , yòng , yíng , , , , qióng , , yíng , , , yīng
    • guāng
      • shù
        • zhē , zhè , zhè , zhē , zhí , zhè , zhí , zhè , , , , ,
    • yàn
      • biāo , , shēn , ,
    • fán
      • fán
    • yíng
      • ,
    • wēi
    • huǒ , fán , zhá , bào , yān , shāo , dēng , làn , kǎo , rán , chǎo , bāo , , liàn , tàng , zhú , yàn , xuàn , méi , , huàn , , hōng , fén , zào , róng , gěng , dùn , càn , shān , huáng , hàn , zhuó , yíng , bǐng , shuò , , yáng , jìn , wán , lào , huì , jiǒng , jiǔ , zào , , , chì , bèi , bāo
    • chuī , mèn , fēng , huàn , liáo , suì , , tīng , yān , guì , xūn , shāng , zhù , kàng , dēng , wén , biān , wēi , duàn , yào , xuān , càn , tián , , , guāng , hóng , xiè , yáng , jiǒng , xīn , wěi , qiàng , zhào , tái , tái , yǎng , shí , huǎng , , huàn , wēi , tóng , xuǎn , , , lǎng , , , jùn
    • , hán , yàn , kūn , tūn , , cuì , hōng , xìn , chāo , , shāo , gēng , chén , kuǐ , xiā , huī , jiǎo , yīng , jiǒng , , mèi , wèi , , zào , , tuì , táng , huǎng , , kǎo , , liū , biāo , cōng , , hàn , ōu , màn , kūn , jiān , huáng , , qián , jùn , jiāo , , , fán ,
    • , , , , xiǎn , chóu , , kuàng , yàn , yuè , jué , guàn , làn , cuàn , chèn , huǒ , jiǒng , , , , , , , , , , , , zāi , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , miè , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , tīng , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , liàn , , , , , , , , , , , , , yáng , , , yùn , , , , , , , , xié , ,
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , chì , , , dùn , , , , shāo , , làn , , tàng , , mèn , , , ,
    • , , , huǐ , zhú , , , , , huì , , , , , , jìn , , , , , , , , , shuò , , , , , , , , , , , làn , , , , , , zhú , , , , , , , ,
    • , , , ,
  • Chái
    • ,
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