火 in English

Measure word

• 班 bān team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport... attested in use
• 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle... attested in use

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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

• Oracle bone script 商
• Clerical script 東漢
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Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

• “你去哪儿了？”“我去了火车站送我的一个朋友。”

  "Where have you been?" "I have been to the station to see a friend off."

• Ben学会了不用火柴就能生火。

  Ben learned to make a fire without matches.

• Jim抑制住了怒火，避免了一场斗争。

  Jim was able to hold back his anger and avoid a fight.

• Jiro好像错过了火车。

  Jiro seems to have missed the train.

• 一百多个人在一个火车事故中受了伤。

  A hundred people were hurt in a train wreck.

• 万一发生火灾，打碎玻璃并按下红色按钮。

  In case of fire, break the glass and push the red button.

• 万一发生火灾，按下按钮。

  In case of fire, push the button.

• 不允许在火车上吸烟。

  Smoking is not permitted on the train.

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