熄
火

(of fire, lamp etc) to go out in Chinese: 熄火 (xī huǒ)

xī huǒ

(of fire, lamp etc) to go out

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1(of fire, lamp etc) to go out
  2. 2to put out (fire)
  3. 3(fig.) to die down
  4. 4(of a vehicle) to stall

Stroke order

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熄
火

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧ

xī

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ i—/ first tone

ㄏㄨㄛˇ

huǒ

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 车子突然熄火了，怎么也发动不起来。

    chē zi tū rán xī huǒ le， zěn me yě fā dòng bù qǐ lái。

    The car suddenly stalled and wouldn't start no matter what.

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Related words

火

huǒ

fire

火柴

huǒ chái

match (for lighting fire)

火车

huǒ chē

train

着火

zháo huǒ

to catch fire

火腿

huǒ tuǐ

ham

火灾

huǒ zāi

serious fire (in a city or a forest etc)

火箭

huǒ jiàn

rocket

点火

diǎn huǒ

to ignite

发火

fā huǒ

to catch fire

红火

hóng huǒ

prosperous

火暴

huǒ bào

variant of 爆

火锅

huǒ guō

hotpot

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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