起 qǐ to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group syn 案子 àn zi long table / counter / (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc) / matter / project / job syn 电池 電池 diàn chí battery / CL:節|节[jie2],組|组[zu3] syn 前门 前門 qián mén front door / main entrance / honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter) 殴打 毆打 ōu dǎ to beat up / to come to blows / battery (law) syn 充电 充電 chōng diàn to recharge (a battery) / (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through leisure) / to update one's skills and knowledge 缉毒 緝毒 jī dú to counter narcotics trafficking / drug enforcement 消防队 消防隊 xiāo fáng duì fire brigade / fire department 生火 shēng huǒ to make a fire / to light a fire syn 烟火 煙火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants / posterity syn 失火 shī huǒ to catch fire / to be on fire syn 熄火 xī huǒ (of fire, lamp etc) to go out / to put out (fire) / (fig.) to die down / (of a vehicle) to stall 充电器 充電器 chōng diàn qì battery charger 消防车 消防車 xiāo fáng chē fire engine / fire truck 收银机 收銀機 shōu yín jī cash register / check out counter 抗辩 抗辯 kàng biàn to counter accusations / to protest / to remonstrate / to retort / to plead / to demur / a plea (of not guilty) / a defense (against an allegation) / to enter a plea to a charge (in a law court) 抗衡 kàng héng to compete with / to vie with / to counter syn 背道而驰 背道而馳 bèi dào ér chí to run in the opposite direction (idiom) / to run counter to syn 货柜 貨櫃 huò guì counter for the display of goods / (Tw) container (for freight transport) syn 小卖部 小賣部 xiǎo mài bù kiosk / snack counter / retail department or section inside a larger business syn 后跟 後跟 hòu gēn heel (part of a foot) / heel (of a sock) / counter (the part of a shoe that cups the back of one's heel) / followed by (used in describing a format, such as "filename followed by file extension") syn 计数器 計數器 jì shù qì counter / register 野火 yě huǒ wildfire / (spreading like) wildfire / bush fire / farm fire (for clearing fields) syn 码子 碼子 mǎ zi (coll.) numeral / counter / chip / token / (old) ready money / cash / standard weight (used on a balance scale) syn 展台 展臺 zhǎn tái display counter / stand / booth 柜员 櫃員 guì yuán teller / counter clerk 专柜 專櫃 zhuān guì sales counter dedicated to a certain kind of product (e.g. alcohol) 电瓶 電瓶 diàn píng accumulator / battery (for storing electricity) syn 炮台 砲臺 pào tái fort / battery 蓄电池 蓄電池 xù diàn chí accumulator / battery syn 电瓶车 電瓶車 diàn píng chē battery-powered vehicle 火险 火險 huǒ xiǎn fire danger (abbr. for 火災危險|火灾危险[huo3zai1 wei1xian3]) / fire insurance (abbr. for 火災保險|火灾保险[huo3zai1 bao3xian3]) 访问量 訪問量 fǎng wèn liàng (web counter) hits 锂电池 鋰電池 lǐ diàn chí lithium battery 反恐精英 fǎn kǒng jīng yīng Counter-Strike 收银台 收銀台 shōu yín tái checkout counter / cashier's desk 吧台 bā tái counter of a bar (pub) 锂离子电池 鋰離子電池 lǐ lí zǐ diàn chí lithium ion battery 续航 續航 xù háng (of an airplane, ship, vehicle etc) to continue a journey without refueling / (of an electronic device, battery etc) to run before needing to be recharged 非处方药 非處方藥 fēi chǔ fāng yào over-the-counter drug 电动玩具 電動玩具 diàn dòng wán jù battery-powered toy / (Tw) video game / computer game 非处方 非處方 fēi chǔ fāng over-the-counter (adj.) 炮兵连 炮兵連 battery 熄 xī to extinguish / to put out (fire) / to quench / to stop burning / to go out (of fire, lamp etc) / to come to an end / to wither away / to die out / Taiwan pr. [xi2] syn 拂 fú to flick / to brush off / (of a breeze) to brush lightly over / (literary) to run counter to syn 开后门 開後門 kāi hòu mén to open the back door / fig. under the counter / to do a secret or dishonest deal / to let sth in by the back door syn 以毒攻毒 yǐ dú gōng dú to cure ills with poison (TCM) / to fight evil with evil / set a thief to catch a thief / to fight fire with fire 燧 suì (bound form) material or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's rays / (bound form) beacon fire (alarm signal in border regions), esp. one lit during daytime to produce smoke 核反击 核反擊 hé fǎn jī nuclear counter strike 收款台 收款臺 shōu kuǎn tái checkout counter / cashier's desk 以夷制夷 yǐ yí zhì yí to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom) / let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties) / Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan) 离 離 lí to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire / ☲ syn 开枪 開槍 kāi qiāng to open fire / to shoot a gun syn 解雇 解僱 jiě gù to fire / to sack / to dismiss / to terminate employment syn 开除 開除 kāi chú to expel (a member of an organization) / to fire (an employee) syn 发射 發射 fā shè to shoot (a projectile) / to fire (a rocket) / to launch / to emit (a particle) / to discharge / emanation / emission syn 警报 警報 jǐng bào (fire) alarm / alert signal / alarm / alert / warning 射击 射擊 shè jī to shoot / to fire (a gun) syn 开火 開火 kāi huǒ to open fire / to start shooting / to light the flame (for cooking) syn 消防 xiāo fáng firefighting / fire control 火灾 火災 huǒ zāi serious fire (in a city or a forest etc) syn 着火 著火 zháo huǒ to catch fire syn 发火 發火 fā huǒ to catch fire / to ignite / to detonate / to get angry syn 着 著 zháo to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in syn 大火 dà huǒ conflagration / large fire / CL:場|场[chang2] syn 点燃 點燃 diǎn rán to ignite / to set on fire / aflame syn 纵火 縱火 zòng huǒ to set on fire / to commit arson syn 火力 huǒ lì fire / firepower 点火 點火 diǎn huǒ to ignite / to light a fire / to agitate / to start an engine / ignition / fig. to stir up trouble syn 烧毁 燒燬 shāo huǐ to destroy (or be destroyed) by fire syn 惹火 rě huǒ to stir up the fire / fig. to provoke and offend people / to ruffle feathers 起火 qǐ huǒ to catch fire / to cook / to get angry syn 火柴 huǒ chái match (for lighting fire) / CL:根[gen1],盒[he2] syn 炒鱿鱼 炒魷魚 chǎo yóu yú (coll.) to fire sb / to sack sb syn 还击 還擊 huán jī to hit back / to return fire syn 熄灭 熄滅 xī miè to stop burning / to go out (of fire) / to die out / extinguished syn 放火 fàng huǒ to set on fire / to commit arson / to create a disturbance syn 停火 tíng huǒ to cease fire / ceasefire syn 灭火 滅火 miè huǒ to extinguish a fire / firefighting syn 火警 huǒ jǐng fire alarm syn 走火 zǒu huǒ to go off accidentally / to catch fire syn 火烧 火燒 huǒ shāo to set fire to / to burn down / burning hot / baked cake syn 救火 jiù huǒ to put out a fire / firefighting syn 停战 停戰 tíng zhàn to cease fire / to stop fighting / armistice / truce syn 玩火 wán huǒ to play with fire syn 防火 fáng huǒ to protect against fire 火势 火勢 huǒ shì intensity of a fire / lively / flourishing 取暖 qǔ nuǎn to warm oneself (by a fire etc) syn 焚烧 焚燒 fén shāo to burn / to set on fire syn 开炮 開砲 kāi pào to open fire syn 报警器 報警器 bào jǐng qì alarm (e.g. burglar or fire alarm) / warning device 灭火器 滅火器 miè huǒ qì fire extinguisher 辞退 辭退 cí tuì to dismiss / to discharge / to fire syn 赴汤蹈火 赴湯蹈火 fù tāng dǎo huǒ lit. to jump into scalding water and plunge into raging fire (idiom) / fig. to brave any danger / to go to any lengths (for a noble cause) syn 回击 回擊 huí jī to fight back / to return fire / to counterattack syn 火种 火種 huǒ zhǒng tinder / source of a fire / inflammable material / (fig.) spark (of a revolution etc) 火堆 huǒ duī bonfire / to open fire 焦头烂额 焦頭爛額 jiāo tóu làn é lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom) / fig. hard-pressed / under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc) syn 葬身 zàng shēn to bury a corpse / to be buried / (fig.) to die (at sea, in a fire etc) syn 