起火

qihuǒ
  1. (historical) a type of traditional Chinese firework
  2. a type of traditional Chinese firework

Wiktionary

Homographs

起火 qǐhuǒ
  1. to catch fire
  2. to cook
  3. to get angry

Examples

起火原因不明。

The cause of the fire is not known.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 起 qǐ
  1. to rise
  2. to raise
  3. to get up
  4. to set out
  5. to start
  6. to appear
  7. to launch
  8. to initiate (action)
  9. to draft
  10. to establish
  11. to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. verb suffix, to start
  13. starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. classifier for groups: batch, group
=2 火 Huǒ surname Huo
=2 火 huǒ
  1. fire
  2. urgent
  3. ammunition
  4. fiery or flaming
  5. internal heat (Chinese medicine)
  6. hot (popular)
  7. classifier for military units (old)
  8. Kangxi radical 86