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开火

kāi huǒ

2-character word Traditional 開火

What 开火 means

1. to open fire; to start shooting
2. to light the flame (for cooking)

The characters in 开火

• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…
• 火huǒfire; urgent; ammunition

Example sentences

• 开火！
  Kāihuǒ!
  Open fire!
• 开火!
  Open fire!

Sounds the same

Read kāi huǒ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 开伙to cook meals; (of a canteen or mess) to be operating; to serve meals