火柴

huǒ chái

HSK 5freq #11966

Meanings

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huǒ chái

1.match (for lighting fire)
2.CL:根[gēn],盒[hé]

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Wiktionary

1.match (for lighting candles, cigars, etc.) (Classifier: 根 m; 枝 c)

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Stroke order

Components

火㇓㇔冫

柴此木

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Characters

Example sentences

他劃了一根火柴。
He struck a match.
汤姆用尽了火柴，不能点火了。
Tom ran out of matches so he couldn't light the fire.

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More examples & usage (AI)

Derived terms

安全火柴火柴盒紅頭火柴红头火柴

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Related words

引火柴 kindling 纸火柴 matches made of cardboard 火柴人 stick figure; stick person