HSK 6 · Science

火箭 huǒjiàn “rocket” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 火箭 means

  1. rocket

Measure word 枚 méi · 一枚火箭 yì méi huǒjiàn

How to say 火箭

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale火huǒ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale箭jiàn4th tone, falling

火箭 in a sentence

  1. 火箭飞得极快。

    Huǒjiàn fēi de jí kuài.

    Rockets fly extremely fast.

    Sentence #2031451 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他们发射火箭。

    Tāmen fāshè huǒjiàn.

    They launched a rocket.

    Sentence #13206710 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 火箭发射进入太空。

    Huǒjiàn fāshè jìnrù tàikōng.

    The rocket was launched into space.

    Sentence #872401 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 火箭 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 火 (huǒ) with each of its parts in a different colour
火huǒfire
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 人person · rén

Memory aidDrawn from rising flames.

The character 箭 (jiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
箭jiànarrow
  • ⺮bamboo form of 竹 · zhúMeaning part
  • 前in front · qiánSound part

⺮ hints at the meaning (bamboo); 前 (qián) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiàn.

How to write 火箭

火 4 strokes · 箭 15 strokes

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火箭 (huǒjiàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 火箭 (huǒjiàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 火箭

Words with 火

火车huǒchē · train火车站huǒchēzhàn · train station火huǒ · fire着火zháohuǒ · to catch fire火柴huǒchái · match (for lighting fire)恼火nǎohuǒ · annoyed火药huǒyào · gunpowder火焰huǒyàn · flame涮火锅shuànhuǒguō · to eat hotpot

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故障gùzhàng · fault航天hángtiān · spaceflight合成héchéng · to synthesise话筒huàtǒng · microphone火药huǒyào · gunpowder尖端jiānduān · cutting-edge结晶jiéjīng · crystal进化jìnhuà · evolution

FAQs

火箭 (huǒjiàn) means “rocket”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it huǒjiàn: huǒ with a 3rd tone, then jiàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 火箭 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 枚 (méi). For example, one rocket is 一枚火箭 (yì méi huǒjiàn).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huojian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 火箭 from the suggestions. Typing huojian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
火箭 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.