祸
Ancient forms
3 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
huò huo4
- disaster
- misfortune
- calamity
Example sentences
- Driving on a slippery road can lead to a car wreck.
- There was a car accident yesterday.
- Her son was killed in the accident.
HSK words with 祸
More words with 祸
- 大祸 dàhuò disaster
- 人祸 rénhuò man-made disaster
- 祸水 huòshuǐ source of calamity (esp. of women)
- 祸事 huòshì disaster
- 黄祸 huánghuò yellow peril (offensive term referring to the perceived threat to Western nations, of immigration or military expansion from East Asian nations)
- 战祸 zhànhuò disastrous conflict
- 祸福 huòfú disaster and happiness
- 祸根 huògēn root of the trouble