The Chinese word for volcano is
火山
huǒ shānChinese Definition
volcano | |
1. 名词. 火山 | |
Components | |
火 | |
1. fire; flame | |
可以 跟 你 借 一個 火 嗎? - Can I borrow a light? | |
2. fire (as a disaster); inferno | |
3. red; fiery; bright; brilliant | |
4. to burn down | |
5. light; torch | |
6. (dialectal) light; lamp | |
7. anger; rage; wrath | |
8. to become enraged | |
9. angry; furious | |
10. (TCM) internal heat | |
11. firearm; ammunition; weapon | |
12. war; warfare | |
13. thriving; brisk | |
14. urgent; pressing | |
15. (neologism) to become popular; to go viral | |
16. (neologism) to be popular; to be viral | |
17. (Cantonese) watt (unit of power) | |
※(Definitely, "火" here is a unit of brightness (luminous intensity). However, the brightness of a luminous device is measured in watts in life because of luminous intensity's dependence on powe | |
20 火 嘅 燈膽 - 20-watt lightbulb | |
18. Short for 火星, Mars | |
19. (Cantonese) roasted | |
Synonyms: 烤, 燒 | |
火鴨 - roasted duck | |
山 | |
1. mountain; hill | |
登山 - to climb a mountain | |
2. hill-shaped object | |
冰山 - iceberg | |
3. bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons | |
4. gable | |
5. (Cantonese, Liuzhou Mandarin, Pinghua) tomb; grave | |
6. . Shan |
Translations for 山 and their definitions
火山 | |
1. n. volcano |
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