打火机 (打火機)
dǎ huǒ jī
Pinyin

Definition

打火机 (打火機)
 - 
dǎ huǒ jī
  1. lighter
  2. cigarette lighter

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

打
dá
  1. 1 dozen (loanword)
打算
dǎ suàn
  1. 1 to plan
  2. 2 to intend
  3. 3 to calculate
  4. 4 plan
  5. 5 intention
  6. 6 calculation
  7. 7 classifier: 个 gè
打开
dǎ kāi
  1. 1 to open
  2. 2 to show (a ticket)
  3. 3 to turn on
  4. 4 to switch on
火
Huǒ
  1. 1 surname Huo
火车
huǒ chē
  1. 1 train
  2. 2 classifier: 列 liè
  3. 3 classifier: 节 jié
  4. 4 classifier: 班 bān
  5. 5 classifier: 趟 tàng

Idioms (20)

一炮打响
yī pào dǎ xiǎng
  1. 1 to win instant success (idiom)
  2. 2 to start off successfully
一网打尽
yī wǎng dǎ jìn
  1. 1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
  3. 3 to capture them all in one go
三天不打，上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
不到火候不揭锅
bù dào huǒ hòu bù jiē guō
  1. 1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
不打不成器
bù dǎ bù chéng qì
  1. 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)

Sample Sentences

那打火机也不行？
nà dǎhuǒjī yě bùxíng ？
So are lighters not allowed either?
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哎！算了，顺便拿打火机哦，快把蜡烛点上，黑漆漆的，好可怕。
āi ！suànle ，shùnbiàn ná dǎhuǒjī ò ，kuài bǎ làzhú diǎnshàng ，hēiqīqī de ，hǎo kěpà 。
Ah! Forget it, get a lighter while you're at it. Hurry up and light the candle, it's pitch black. So scary!
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打火机在客厅桌子上，我马上过来，别怕。
dǎhuǒjī zài kètīng zhuōzi shàng ，wǒ mǎshàng guòlai ，bié pà 。
The lighter is on the living room table, I'll be there in a second, don't be scared.
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我摸到打火机了，你快点过来！
wǒ mōdào dǎhuǒjī le ，nǐ kuài diǎn guòlai ！
I found the lighter, come quickly!
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你男朋友不是爱抽烟吗？要不买个高档点儿的打火机吧！
nǐ nán péngyou bùshì ài chōuyān ma ？yàobu mǎi gè gāodàng diǎnr de dǎhuǒjī ba ！
Doesn't your boyfriend like smoking? How about buying him a high-quality lighter!
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送打火机？
sòng dǎhuǒjī ？
Give him a lighter?
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可不是嘛，现在每个国家都非常重视环境和能源问题，都在喊节能减排。不管怎么样，这种更新换代肯定是有前途的。就像以前电灯取代了蜡烛，打火机代替了火柴一样。
kěbushì ma ，xiànzài měige guójiā dōu fēicháng zhòngshì huánjìng hé néngyuán wèntí ，dōu zài hǎn jiénéngjiǎnpái 。bùguǎn zěnmeyàng ，zhèzhǒng gēngxīnhuàndài kěndìng shì yǒu qiántú de 。jiù xiàng yǐqián diàndēng qǔdài le làzhú ，dǎhuǒjī dàitì le huǒchái yīyàng 。
Exactly. Right now, every country is placing great importance on problems of environmental protection and new energy. They're all calling for energy conservation and waste reduction. No matter what, this kind of replacing certainly has promise. It's like in the past when light bulbs replaced candles, and lighters were used in place of matches.
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可以。我的打火机呢？
kěyǐ 。wǒ de dǎhuǒjī ne ？
Sure. Where's my lighter?
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