Chinese words starting with “huo”
45 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable huo. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 5 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial h · final uo · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 2
- 2nd tone 7
- 3rd tone 20
- 4th tone 16
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 或者huò zhěHSK 2
or; possibly; maybe; perhaps
- 活动huó dòngHSK 2
to exercise; to move about; to operate; to use connections (personal influence); loose; shaky; active; movable; activity; campaign; maneuver; behavior
- 获得huò déHSK 4
to obtain; to receive; to get
- 或许huò xǔHSK 4
perhaps; maybe
- 火车huǒ chēHSK 1
train
All 45 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 或 | huò | c,d | maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or | |
| 2 | 活 | huó | v,n,a | to live; alive; living; work; workmanship | |
| 3 | 火 | huǒ | n,a,v | fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86 | |
| 4 | 货 | huò | n | goods; money; commodity | |
| 5 | 或是 | huò shì | c | or; either one or the other | |
| 6 | 获胜 | huò shèng | v,vn | victorious; to win; to triumph | |
| 7 | 获 | huò | v | (literary) to catch; to capture; (literary) to get; to obtain; to win | |
| 8 | 伙伴 | huǒ bàn | n | partner; companion; comrade | |
| 9 | 活力 | huó lì | n | energy; vitality; vigor; vital force | |
| 10 | 火箭 | huǒ jiàn | n | rocket | |
| 11 | 伙 | huǒ | q | companion; partner; group; classifier for groups of people; to combine; together | |
| 12 | 火灾 | huǒ zāi | n | serious fire (in a city or a forest etc) | |
| 13 | 货车 | huò chē | n | truck; van; freight wagon | |
| 14 | 获取 | huò qǔ | v,vn | to gain; to get; to acquire | |
| 15 | 活跃 | huó yuè | v,a | active; lively; excited; to enliven; to brighten up | |
| 16 | 货物 | huò wù | n | goods; commodity; merchandise | |
| 17 | 货币 | huò bì | n | currency; monetary; money | |
| 18 | 火炬 | huǒ jù | n | (flaming) torch | |
| 19 | 火焰 | huǒ yàn | n | blaze; flame | |
| 20 | 火车站 | huǒ chē zhàn | n | train station | |
| 21 | 获奖 | huò jiǎng | v,vn | to win an award | |
| 22 | 活泼 | huó po | a | lively; vivacious; brisk; active; (chemistry) reactive | |
| 23 | 火花 | huǒ huā | n | spark; sparkle | |
| 24 | 获悉 | huò xī | v | to learn of sth; to find out; to get news | |
| 25 | 火热 | huǒ rè | z,a | fiery; burning; fervent; ardent; passionate | |
| 26 | 火腿 | huǒ tuǐ | n | ham | |
| 27 | 活儿 | huó r | n | work; (lots of) things to do | |
| 28 | 货运 | huò yùn | n | freight transport; cargo; transported goods | |
| 29 | 火山 | huǒ shān | n | volcano | |
| 30 | 活该 | huó gāi | d | (coll.) serve sb right; deservedly; ought; should | |
| 31 | 火柴 | huǒ chái | n | match (for lighting fire) | |
| 32 | 火药 | huǒ yào | n | gunpowder | |
| 33 | 火锅 | huǒ guō | n | hotpot | |
| 34 | 或多或少 | huò duō huò shǎo | d | more or less | |
| 35 | 伙食 | huǒ shí | n | food; meals | |
| 36 | 祸害 | huò hài | n,v | disaster; harm; scourge; bad person; to damage; to harm; to wreck | |
| 37 | 火速 | huǒ sù | d | at top speed; at a tremendous lick | |
| 38 | 霍乱 | huò luàn | n | cholera | |
| 39 | 豁出去 | huō chu qu | v | to throw caution to the wind; to press one's luck; to go for broke | |
| 40 | 火候 | huǒ hou | n | heat control; (fig.) mastery; (fig.) crucial moment | |
| 41 | 火辣辣 | huǒ là là | z | painful heat; scorching; painful heat; rude and forthright; provocative; hot; sexy | |
| 42 | 豁 | huō | v | opening; stake all; sacrifice; crack; slit | |
| 43 | 豁达 | huò dá | a | optimistic; sanguine; generous; magnanimous; open-minded | |
| 44 | 火暴 | huǒ bào | a | variant of 爆 | |
| 45 | 活期 | huó qī | b | (banking) current (account); checking (account); demand (deposit etc) |
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