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发火

fā huǒ

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 發火

发火 (fā huǒ) means "to catch fire; to ignite; to detonate". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 发火 means

1. to catch fire
2. to ignite
3. to detonate
4. to get angry

The characters in 发火

• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
• 火huǒfire; urgent; ammunition

Example sentences

• 汤姆开始发火了。
  Tom started getting mad.

Where 发火 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · ēn–fā (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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