Chinese symbol for “refractory”
耐火
nài huǒ
refractory (material); fire-resistant
The closest CC-CEDICT match for refractory is 耐火 (nài huǒ), defined as: refractory (material); fire-resistant.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 耐火.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 耐心 | nài xīn | to be patient; patience |
| 忍耐 | rěn nài | to endure; to put up with; to exercise patience |
| 能耐 | néng nài | ability; capability |
| 耐用 | nài yòng | durable |
| 不耐烦 (不耐煩) | bù nài fán | impatient; to lose patience |
| 耐力 | nài lì | endurance |
| 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 “refractory”.
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.