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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

起火 [qǐhuǒ]
  1. 1. catch fire; be on fire
    房子起火啦!
    The house is on fire!
  2. 2. cook meals
    他不愿意自己起火,在食堂吃。
    He doesn't want to do his own cooking. So he takes his meals in the cafeteria.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

起火 [qǐhuǒ]
  1. 1. 点火做饭
    我家平时不起火,吃食堂。
  2. 2. 失火
    后院起火了。
  3. 3. 发脾气
    看他要起火的样子,大家谁也不说话了。
  4. 4. 一种带着苇子秆的花炮,点燃后迅速升空,同时喷出一道火花。

Examples

他不愿意自己起火,在食堂吃。
He doesn't want to do his own cooking. So he takes his meals in the cafeteria.
起火的船只很快就沉底了。
Boats on fire sank to the bottom of the pool soon.
我家的新居已经通了燃气,可以起火做饭了。
Our new house is supplied with gas, we are able to cook now.
汽车突然起火,乘客都吓坏了。
前方吃紧,后院起火
后院起火了。
She demanded an inquiry into the cause of the fire.
她要求对起火原因进行调查。

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