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火药 huǒyào

火药 huǒyào Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 1 English Translations of the word 火药 huǒyào .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
huǒyào | huo3 yao4
English translation
gunpowder

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Traditional form

火藥

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 火药 huǒyào

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Huǒ

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of fire.

Positional decomposition

丷人

Number of Strokes

4
yào

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and yāo represents the sound. Simplified form of yào .

Phonetic compound

yāo

Semantic compound

cǎo

Positional decomposition

艹约

Number of Strokes

9

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Example sentences using 火药 huǒyào

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Wén Guò 火药味 huǒ yào wèi —— shì shì , 船长 chuán zhǎng ? ”

But you smelt powder - didn't you, cap'n?'

你们 nǐ men de 房舱 fáng cāng 下面 xià miàn yǒu hǎo 地方 dìfāng , 为什么 wèishénme 火药 huǒyào 武器 wǔqì fàng zài 那里 nà li ne ?

Now , you have a good place under the cabin; why not put them there?

除非 chúfēi 这些 zhè xiē 问题 wèntí 得到 dé dào 解决 jiějué 否则 fǒuzé gāi 地区 dìqū huì 一直 yīzhí shì 火药桶

Unless these questions are solved, the region will remain a powder keg.

毫不 háo bù 隐讳 yǐn huì de 表示 biǎoshì 想得到 de 工作 gōngzuò 以至于 yǐ zhì yú 他们 tā men 之间 zhī jiān 说话 shuōhuà dōu dài zhāo 火药味 huǒ yào wèi

She coveted his job so openly that conversations between them were tense.

火药 huǒyào Decomposition

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up 火药 huǒyào and their own compounds.

火药 huǒyào Compounds

See all 560 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 火药 huǒyào 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 , , , , , , , ,
    • , , , ,
  • yào
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