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The Chinese word for volcano is
火山

huǒ shān



volcano

Chinese Definition


volcano
     1. 名词. 火山
Components
     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
     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 and their definitions

火山
     1. n. volcano


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huǒ shān

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