火 药

huǒyào

“Gunpowder” in Chinese is 火药 (huǒyào).

Meaning

gunpowder

Example

你们知道谁发明了火药吗？

Do you know who invented gunpowder?

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

huǒHSK 14 strokesfire yàoHSK 29 strokesleaf of the iris

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