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祸

huò

HSK 6 Character Traditional 禍

What 祸 means

1. disaster
2. misfortune
3. calamity

Other readings

祸 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• huòold variant of {祸|huò}

Example sentences

• 祸不单行。
  Huò bù dānxíng.
  When it rains, it pours.
• 我谨记祸不单行。
  Wǒ jǐnjì huòbùdānxíng.
  I bear in mind that misfortunes never come singly.
• 他死于一场车祸。
  He lost his life in a traffic accident.
• 十字路口出了车祸。
  Shízì lùkǒu chū le chēhuò.
  There's been an accident at the crossroads.
• 他光是嫁祸于人家。
  Tā guāngshì jiàhuòyúrén jiā.
  He is just passing the blame onto others.
• 车祸是怎么发生的？
  How did the car accident come about?

Words starting with 祸

• 祸害huò hàidisaster; harm; scourge
• 祸福huò fúdisaster and happiness
• 祸根huò gēnroot of the trouble; cause of the ruin
• 祸国殃民huò guó yāng mínto damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
• 祸水huò shuǐsource of calamity (esp. of women)
• 祸不单行huò bù dān xíngmisfortune does not come singly (idiom); it never rains but it pours
• 祸乱huò luàncalamity and chaos; devastating disorder; great turmoil
• 祸事huò shìdisaster; doom
• 祸及huò jíto bring disaster upon
• 祸患huò huàndisaster; calamity
• 祸首huò shǒuchief offender; main culprit
• 祸从口出huò cóng kǒu chūTrouble issues from the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
• 祸福吉凶huò fú jí xiōngfate; portent; luck or disasters as foretold in the stars (astrology)
• 祸福无常huò fú wú chángdisaster and happiness do not follow rules (idiom)…
• 祸福与共huò fú yǔ gòngto stick together through thick and thin (idiom)
• 祸不旋踵huò bù xuán zhǒngtrouble is never far away (idiom)
• 祸首罪魁huò shǒu zuì kuísee 罪魁祸首

Words containing 祸

• 惹祸rě huòto stir up trouble; to invite disaster
• 车祸chē huòtraffic accident; car crash
• 幸灾乐祸xìng zāi lè huòlit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom)…
• 罪魁祸首zuì kuí huò shǒu(idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster
• 大祸dà huòdisaster; calamity
• 灾祸zāi huòdisaster
• 天灾人祸tiān zāi rén huònatural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom)
• 闯祸chuǎng huòto cause an accident; to make trouble; to get into trouble
• 人祸rén huòman-made disaster
• 奇祸qí huòunexpected calamity; sudden disaster
• 惨祸cǎn huòterrible tragedy; grave mishap
• 战祸zhàn huòdisastrous conflict; bloody warfare
• 横祸hèng huòunexpected calamity
• 黄祸huáng huòyellow peril…
• 兵连祸结bīng lián huò jiéravaged by successive wars; war-torn; war-ridden
• 包藏祸心bāo cáng huò xīn(idiom) to harbor evil intentions; to conceal malice
• 因祸得福yīn huò dé fúto have some good come out of a bad situation (idiom); a blessing in disguise
• 大祸临头dà huò lín tóufacing imminent catastrophe; calamity looms; all hell will break loose
• 杀身之祸shā shēn zhī huò(idiom) getting killed
• 红颜祸水hóng yán huò shuǐfemme fatale
• 飞来横祸fēi lái hèng huòsudden and unexpected disaster (idiom)
• 嫁祸jià huòto impute; to shift the blame onto someone else
• 嫁祸于人jià huò yú rénto pass the misfortune on to sb else (idiom); to blame others; to pass the buck
• 招灾惹祸zhāo zāi rě huòto invite disaster

Characters built on 呙

These share the phonetic component 呙 (wāi), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 锅guōpot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing
• 涡guōname of a river
• 埚guōcrucible

Characters that look like 祸

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 袖xiùsleeve; to tuck inside one's sleeve
• 桶tǒngbucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc)
• 袜wàsocks; stockings
• 棵kēclassifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc
• 裆dāngcrotch; seat of a pair of trousers
• 徜chángsit cross-legged; walk back and forth

Sounds the same

Read huò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 或maybe; perhaps; might
• 获(literary) to catch; to capture; (literary) to get; to obtain; to win
• 货goods; money; commodity
• 霍(literary) suddenly
• 惑to confuse; to be puzzled
• 嚯(onomatopoeia) expressing admiration or surprise; (onomatopoeia) sound of a laugh
• 豁open; clear; liberal-minded; generous; to exempt; to remit
• 和to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes
• 镬wok (dialect); cauldron (old)
• 藿Lophanthus rugosus; beans
• 嚄(interj.) oh!
• 蠖looper caterpillar