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火焰

huǒ yàn

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

火焰 (huǒ yàn) means "blaze; flame". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 火焰 means

1. blaze
2. flame

The characters in 火焰

• 火huǒfire; urgent; ammunition
• 焰yànflame

Example sentences

• 硫磺燃烧着蓝色的火焰。
  Liúhuáng ránshāo zhe lánsè de huǒyàn.
  Sulfur burns with a blue flame.
• 用本生灯加热钾，火焰就会呈现淡紫色。
  Potassium, heated with a Bunsen burner, gives the flame a lilac color.

Words starting with 火焰

• 火焰山huǒ yàn shānMountain of Flames of legend; fig. insurmountable obstacle…
• 火焰喷射器huǒ yàn pēn shè qìflamethrower

Words containing 火焰

• 众人拾柴火焰高zhòng rén shí chái huǒ yàn gāo(lit.) when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher (proverb)…

Where 火焰 is taught

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

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read huǒ yàn correctly.
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