Chinese symbol for “backfire”
逆火
nì huǒ
(of an engine) to backfire
The closest CC-CEDICT match for backfire is 逆火 (nì huǒ), defined as: (of an engine) to backfire.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “backfire”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 逆火.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 逆转 (逆轉) | nì zhuǎn | to turn back; to reverse |
| 叛逆 | pàn nì | to rebel; to revolt |
| 逆向 | nì xiàng | backwards; reverse direction |
| 逆袭 (逆襲) | nì xí | to counterattack; to strike back; (neologism, attested by 2008) (of an underdog) to go on the offensive; to make an improbable comeback |
| 可逆 | kě nì | reversible; (math.) invertible |
| 逆境 | nì jìng | adversity; predicament |
| 火车 (火車) | huǒ chē | train; measure word: 列 (liè), 节 (jié), 班 (bān), 趟 (tàng) |
| 火箭 | huǒ jiàn | rocket; measure word: 枚 (méi) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “backfire”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.