编码 編碼 biān mǎ to code / to encode / code 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 消防车 消防車 xiāo fáng chē fire engine / fire truck 野火 yě huǒ wildfire / (spreading like) wildfire / bush fire / farm fire (for clearing fields) syn 邮编 郵編 yóu biān postal code / zip code syn 邮政编码 郵政編碼 yóu zhèng biān mǎ postal code / zip code syn 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]) 字号 字號 zì hào characters and numbers (as used in a code) / alphanumeric code / serial number 明码 明碼 míng mǎ non-secret code (such as Morse code, Chinese telegraph code, ASCII etc) / plaintext (cryptography) / (of prices) clearly marked syn 区码 區碼 qū mǎ area code / telephone dialing code 重码 重碼 chóng mǎ repeated code / coincident code (i.e. two characters or words having the same encoding) 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 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 补码 補碼 bǔ mǎ complementary code / binary code with 0 and 1 interchanged 二维码 二維碼 èr wéi mǎ 2D barcode / matrix code / (esp.) QR code 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 密码 密碼 mì mǎ cipher / secret code / password / PIN 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 代码 代碼 dài mǎ code 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 常规 常規 cháng guī code of conduct / conventions / common practice / routine (medical procedure etc) syn 纵火 縱火 zòng huǒ to set on fire / to commit arson syn 火力 huǒ lì fire / firepower 代号 代號 dài hào code name 法则 法則 fǎ zé law / rule / code syn 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 条例 條例 tiáo lì regulations / rules / code of conduct / ordinances / statutes 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 数码 數碼 shù mǎ number / numerals / figures / digital / amount / numerical code 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 暗语 暗語 àn yǔ code word 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 切口 qiè kǒu slang / argot / private language used as secret code syn 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 法典 fǎ diǎn legal code / statute 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 火场 火場 huǒ chǎng the scene of a fire 出生入死 chū shēng rù sǐ from the cradle to the grave (idiom) / to go through fire and water / brave / willing to risk life and limb syn 火坑 huǒ kēng pit of fire / fig. living hell syn 义气 義氣 yì qì spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice / code of brotherhood / also pr. [yi4 qi5] syn 燃烧弹 燃燒彈 rán shāo dàn fire bomb / incendiary device syn 烘焙 hōng bèi to cure by drying over a fire (tea, meat etc) / to bake syn 打枪 打槍 dǎ qiāng to fire a gun / to substitute for sb in sitting an examination syn 普罗米修斯 普羅米修斯 pǔ luó mǐ xiū sī Prometheus, a Titan god of fire in Greek mythology 引燃 yǐn rán to ignite / to start (a fire) / (fig.) to spark (debate, conflict etc) syn 鸣枪 鳴槍 míng qiāng to fire warning shots syn 焚毁 焚燬 fén huǐ to burn down / to destroy with fire syn 苦工 kǔ gōng hard labor (in penal code) / coolie syn 消防栓 xiāo fáng shuān fire hydrant syn 炉火 爐火 lú huǒ the fire of a stove 武士道 wǔ shì dào bushidō or way of the warrior, samurai code of chivalry 秘籍 mì jí rare book / cheat code (video games) syn 施放 shī fàng to fire / to discharge / to release (fireworks, smokescreen, poison gas, virus etc) syn 扑救 撲救 pū jiù firefighting / to extinguish a fire and save life and property / to dive (of goalkeeper in soccer) syn 打炮 dǎ pào to open fire with artillery / to set off firecrackers / to make one's stage debut / (slang) to have sex / to masturbate syn 烤火 kǎo huǒ to warm oneself at a fire 圣火 聖火 shèng huǒ sacred fire / (esp.) the Olympic flame