火 huǒ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 火 — fire, flame
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
火速
huǒsù
at top speed; with all haste
Characters in this word
速 sù
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 束 to bind, to control, to restrain
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 收到污染警报后，地方政府火速关闭取水口，并向居民发放瓶装水。 Shōudào wūrǎn jǐngbào hòu, dìfāng zhèngfǔ huǒsù guānbì qǔshuǐkǒu, bìng xiàng jūmín fāfàng píngzhuāng shuǐ. After receiving the pollution alert, the local government closed the water intake with all haste and distributed bottled water to residents.
- 听说他受伤了，我火速赶到了医院。 Tīngshuō tā shòushāng le, wǒ huǒsù gǎn dào le yīyuàn. When I heard he was hurt, I rushed to the hospital at top speed.
- 消防车火速赶到现场，很快就控制住了火势。 Xiāofángchē huǒsù gǎn dào xiànchǎng, hěn kuài jiù kòngzhì zhù le huǒshì. The fire engines raced to the scene and soon brought the fire under control.
Related words
- 火车 huǒchē train
- 火 huǒ fire
- 火 huǒ popular
- 着火 zháohuǒ to catch fire
- 火柴 huǒchái matches
- 火腿 huǒtuǐ ham
- 火灾 huǒzāi fire
- 导火索 dǎohuǒsuǒ fuse; trigger; immediate cause
- 点火 diǎnhuǒ to ignite; to light; ignition
- 发火 fāhuǒ to get angry; to lose one's temper
- 防火墙 fánghuǒqiáng firewall; fire wall
- 红火 hónghuo prosperous; booming; flourishing