红
火

Prosperous in Chinese: 红火 (hóng huǒ)

hóng huǒ

prosperous

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 紅火1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1prosperous

Stroke order

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红
火

Zhuyin

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ㄏㄨㄥˊ

hóng

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

ㄏㄨㄛˇ

huǒ

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

红火

Simplified

紅火

Traditional

Example sentences

See 红火 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他家的生意越来越红火。

    tā jiā de shēng yì yuè lái yuè hóng huǒ。

    His family's business is getting more and more prosperous.

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Related words

红

hóng

red

火

huǒ

fire

火柴

huǒ chái

match (for lighting fire)

火车

huǒ chē

train

红色

hóng sè

red (color)

红茶

hóng chá

black tea

红酒

hóng jiǔ

red wine

红包

hóng bāo

money wrapped in red as a gift

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

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