遇火

yùhuǒ
  1. to catch fire
  2. to ignite

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 遇 yù
  1. (bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned
  2. (bound form) to treat; to receive
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

Related entries

發火 fāhuǒ
  1. to catch fire
  2. to ignite
  3. to detonate
  4. to get angry
湯姆開始發火了。

Tom started getting mad.

Tom started getting angry.

Source: Tatoeba

著火 zháohuǒ to catch fire
著火啦！

It's on fire!

Source: Tatoeba

起火 qǐhuǒ
  1. to catch fire
  2. to cook
  3. to get angry
起火原因不明。

The cause of the fire is not known.

Source: Tatoeba

走火 zǒuhuǒ
  1. to go off accidentally
  2. to catch fire
槍走火了。

The pistol misfired.

Source: Tatoeba

炟 dá
  1. (used in transliterating foreign words)
  2. (used in names)
  3. (archaic) to explode
  4. to catch fire
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