Gunpowder in Chinese (Mandarin): 火药 (huǒyào)
火药
huǒyào
gunpowder
- Simplified
- 火药
- Traditional
- 火藥
- Pinyin
- huǒyào
- Typed as
- huoyao
In Taiwan, people say 火藥 (huǒyào) instead.
Use it in a sentence
烟花是用火药做的。
Fireworks are made with gunpowder.
The characters in 火药
火
Fire.
4 strokes
药 / 藥
Medicine.
9 strokes
火药 is "fire medicine": it was discovered by people trying to make a medicine for long life.
More examples with 火药
火药是中国发明的。
火藥是中國發明的。
Huǒyào shì Zhōngguó fāmíng de.
Gunpowder was invented in China.
鞭炮里有火药。
鞭炮裡有火藥。
Biānpào li yǒu huǒyào.
Firecrackers have gunpowder in them.
How to write 火药 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
火 4 strokes
药 9 strokes
In Traditional characters:
藥 19 strokes
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