to touch briefly; to tap / to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list) / to order (food etc); to select / to mention; to bring up (a topic or person) / to hint at; to imply / to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops / to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite / to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down / point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock / a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more / classifier for small amounts

to finish class / to get out of class / (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed / to be fired

to walk; to go on foot / to leave; to depart / (informal) to clear off; to beat it / (of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job; to get out

to leave / to part from / to be away from / (in giving distances) from / without (sth) / independent of / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing fire / ☲

fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86

to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in

a brush / to paint; to daub / to brush; to scrub / (fig.) to remove; to eliminate (from a contest); to fire (from a job) / (onom.) swish; rustle / to swipe (a card) / to scroll on (a phone) / (gaming) to grind; to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc)

to catch fire

to shoot (a projectile) / to fire (a rocket) / to launch / to emit (a particle) / to discharge / emanation / emission

to ignite / to set on fire / aflame

to shoot; to fire (a gun)

firefighting / fire control

serious fire (in a city or a forest etc)

match (for lighting fire) / CL: 根, 盒

to sauté; to stir-fry / to speculate (in real estate etc); to scalp / to hype up / to sack; to fire (sb)

to destroy by fire

to extinguish or put out / to go out (of a fire etc) / to exterminate or wipe out / to drown

lit. firing after the horse / fig. belated action / giving advice in hindsight

to roast; to grill; to broil; to bake; to toast (bread) / to warm oneself by a fire

lit. to fire pots and smelt metal / fig. to educate

(bound form) a sieve / to sieve; to sift; to filter / to eliminate through selection / to warm a pot of rice wine (over a fire or in hot water) / to pour (wine or tea) / (dialect) to strike (a gong)

prosperous / flourishing / (of flowers) blooming / (of fire) roaring

to ignite / to light a fire / to agitate / to start an engine / ignition / fig. to stir up trouble

(idiom) to act without taking time to think; to react instantly; to fire from the hip

smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants; posterity

to open fire / to shoot a gun

to expel (a member of an organization) / to fire (an employee)

to fire / to sack / to dismiss / to terminate employment

to burn / to set on fire

to cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct / to endure

to catch fire / to ignite / to detonate / to get angry

to dismiss / to discharge / to fire

to warm oneself (by a fire, heater etc)

lit. firing after the horse / fig. belated action / giving advice in hindsight

up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession / no sooner one subsides, the next arises / repeating continuously / occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)

to execute by firing squad / to shoot dead / fig. to discard / to get rid of

to destroy (or be destroyed) by fire

to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc / to dial / to allocate / to set aside (money) / to poke (the fire) / to pluck (a string instrument) / to turn round / classifier: group, batch

(of fire, lamp etc) to go out / to put out (fire) / (fig.) to die down / (of a vehicle) to stall

(onom.) pew! (sound of a bullet fired from a gun) / also pr. [biu4]

Zhurong, god of fire in Chinese mythology

to ignite / to start (a fire) / (fig.) to spark (debate, conflict etc)

to make a fire; to light a fire

(fire) alarm / alert signal / alarm / alert / warning

the fire of war in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war

to set fire to / to ignite

moved and inspired / fired with enthusiasm

(coll.) (Tw) to get sacked / to be fired

to fire / to discharge / to release (fireworks, smokescreen, poison gas, virus etc)

cannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war

(TCM) six excesses causing illness, namely: excessive wind 風｜风, cold 寒, heat 暑, damp 濕｜湿, dryness 燥, fire 火

proceeding at a tremendous pace / getting on like a house on fire

hose / pipe / fire hose / (botany) water primrose (Jussiaea repens)

to refine with fire

catapult / ballista (siege catapult firing stone blocks)

to set on fire / to commit arson / to create a disturbance

to pour oil on the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation / to enrage people and make matters worse

Loki, god of fire and mischievous destroyer in Norse mythology

(literary) to light a fire

the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism) / the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放｜大鸣大放, 大辯論｜大辩论, 大字報｜大字报 (PRC)

beacon fire

broadside / simultaneous fired cannonade

to put out a fire / firefighting

flame / open fire

(TCM) to cup; to give a cupping treatment / short detachable stove chimney used to help draw fire

to catch fire; to be on fire

fire extinguisher

fire exit / (firefighting) fire lane

fire brigade / fire department

cupping glass / fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) / ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)

(dialect) match (for lighting fire)

to open fire with artillery / to set off firecrackers / to make one's stage debut / (slang) to have sex / to masturbate

lit. fire beacons in all four directions (idiom); the confusion of war

to cease fire / ceasefire

(TCM) six unhealthy influences causing illness, namely: excessive wind 風｜风, cold 寒, heat 暑, damp 濕｜湿, dryness 燥, fire 火

five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水

firefighting / to extinguish a fire and save life and property / to dive (of goalkeeper in soccer)

(gaming, esp. MOBA) to recklessly enter the attack range of an enemy tower – a stationary defense structure that automatically fires on intruders – typically resulting in death / (neologism) (slang) to provoke the authorities (e.g. online) at great personal risk

fire engine / fire truck

to extinguish a fire / firefighting

to cure by drying over a fire (tea, meat etc) / to bake

range / reach / firing range

fire danger (abbr. for 火災危險｜火灾危险) / fire insurance (abbr. for 火災保險｜火灾保险)

to go off accidentally / to catch fire

rapid-fire

(dialect) to grasp (sth long or cylindrical) and slide the hand up or down / (dialect) to fire (an employee) / (dialect) to reprimand

to catch fire / to cook / to get angry

to extinguish / to put out (fire) / to quench / to stop burning / to go out (of fire, lamp etc) / to come to an end / to wither away / to die out / Taiwan pr. [xi2]

lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation / extreme emergency

lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom); there must be a reason / no smoke without fire

to stop burning / to go out (of fire) / to die out / extinguished

to fire (a weapon) in rapid succession

outstanding people / water and fire (in Daoist writing)

conflagration; large fire / CL: 場｜场

fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), an introduced species in China

to fire a gun / to substitute for sb in sitting an examination

to leak / to flow / to catch on fire

(idiom) to be fired up; to have one's blood racing; to be burning (with excitement, passion, anger etc)

smoke and baking fire (idiom); surrounded by flames and smoke

sacred fire; (esp.) the Olympic flame