HSK 7–9 vocabularyHSK 3.0

点火

diǎnhuǒ

Traditional: 點火

to ignite

HSK 7–9
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Meaning of 点火 in English

diǎnhuǒHSK 7–9verbSyllabus #6275
  1. to ignite
  2. to light a fire
  3. to agitate
  4. to start an engine
  5. ignition
  6. fig. to stir up trouble

Example sentences

  1. 我们没点火。
    wǒ men méi diǎn huǒ。
    We didn't start the fire.
    Tatoeba #5670782 by verdastelo9604 · #2281761 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 汤姆用尽了火柴，不能点火了。
    tāng mǔ yòng jǐn le huǒ chái， bù néng diǎn huǒ le。
    Tom ran out of matches so he couldn't light the fire.
    Tatoeba #5983611 by verdastelo9604 · #1093101 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

点 on its own →
diǎn · (after a number) o'clock

HSK words with 点

点HSK 1一点儿HSK 1有点儿HSK 1地点HSK 3晚点HSK 3点名HSK 4点头HSK 4景点HSK 4缺点HSK 4特点HSK 4
火 on its own →
huǒ · fire

HSK words with 火

火车HSK 1火HSK 4着火HSK 4火锅HSK 5火柴HSK 6火灾HSK 6发火HSK 7–9红火HSK 7–9火爆HSK 7–9火候HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences