Chinese symbol for “matches”
洋火
yáng huǒ
(coll.) matches (old)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for matches is 洋火 (yáng huǒ), defined as: (coll.) matches (old).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 洋火.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海洋 | hǎi yáng | ocean |
| 大洋 | dà yáng | ocean; (old) silver dollar |
| 洋葱 (洋蔥) | yáng cōng | onion (Allium cepa); bulb onion |
| 巡洋舰 (巡洋艦) | xún yáng jiàn | cruiser (warship); battle cruiser |
| 洋人 | yáng rén | foreigner; (esp.) Westerner |
| 远洋 (遠洋) | yuǎn yáng | distant seas; the open ocean (far from the coast) |
| 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) |
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.