Definition

1. Noun:
   • Fire: A chemical process of combustion that produces heat, light, and often flames.
   • Yang: In traditional Eastern medicine and philosophy, the active, masculine, positive, and hot principle in the universe, complementary to "âm" (yin).

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Lửa là biểu tượng của hoả. (Fire is a symbol of hoả.)
  • Cần cẩn thận để tránh hoả hoạn. (One must be careful to avoid a fire disaster.)
  • Theo Đông y, cơ thể cần cân bằng giữa âm và hoả. (According to Eastern medicine, the body needs a balance between yin and yang.)

Advanced Usage

• "Hoả" in Fixed Compounds: Often appears in compound nouns where it specifies a relation to fire or the yang principle.
  • Tâm hoả: "Heart fire"; in medicine, can refer to excessive internal heat or agitation.
  • Thận hoả: "Kidney fire" or "kidney yang"; the vital warmth and energy originating from the kidneys.

Variants and Related Words

• Hoả hoạn (n): Conflagration, fire disaster.
• Hoả lò (n): Furnace fire; kiln fire.
• Hoả xa (n): (Archaic) Train (literally "fire vehicle").
• Hoả tốc (adj): Express, urgent (literally "fire speed").
• Hỏa (n): This is the modern, standardized spelling of the same word, using the letter "h" instead of "ho." The meaning is identical.

Synonyms

• Lửa (n): Fire (the common, physical term for flames).
• Dương (n): Yang (the general philosophical term, of which is a specific manifestation or type).

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Gánh như gánh hoả: To carry a burden as if carrying fire; to be in an extremely urgent or dangerous situation.
• Gió tạt nào, hoả tạt ấy: Literally "Which way the wind blows, the fire follows"; used to describe someone who is easily influenced or changes opinions to suit the prevailing trend.

1. Fire
   • Phòng hoả
     Fire prevention
   • Đội cứu hoả
     A fire-brigade
2. Yang, male and positive principle (in Eartern medicine)
   • Thuốc trợ hoả
     A medicine to strengthen the yang (of someone)