伙 (huǒ): meals (abbr. for 伙食), variant of 夥|伙, companion
伙 (huǒ) is a Chinese character meaning “meals (abbr. for 伙食).” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亻 (semantic) and 火 (phonetic). It ranks #1046 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 伙 person. Its radical form 亻 (person) appears in many related characters such as 人 (rén, person), 什 (shén, what), 今 (jīn, now).
Definitions
- meals (abbr. for 伙食)
- variant of 夥|伙
- companion
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 伙
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 小伙子noun | xiǎo huǒ zi | (coll.) young man | 4 |
| 伙伴noun | huǒ bàn | variant of 夥伴|伙伴 | 5 |
| 大伙儿pronoun | dà huǒ r | erhua variant of 大伙 | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伙计noun | huǒ ji | partner |
| 家伙noun | jiā huo | variant of 家伙 |
| 合伙人noun | hé huǒ rén | partner (in a business or other joint venture) |
| 大伙noun | dà huǒ | variant of 大夥|大伙 |
| 同伙verb | tóng huǒ | colleague |
| 老家伙noun | lǎo jiā huo | variant of 老家伙 |
| 团伙noun | tuán huǒ | (criminal) gang |
| 小伙noun | xiǎo huǒ | young guy |
| 好家伙interjection | hǎo jiā huo | my God! |
| 入伙verb | rù huǒ | to join a group |
| 合伙 | hé huǒ | to act jointly |
| 伙食noun | huǒ shí | food |
| 小伙儿noun | xiǎo huǒ r | erhua variant of 小伙 |
| 散伙verb | sàn huǒ | variant of 散夥|散伙 |
| 大家伙儿 | dà jiā huǒ r | (coll.) everyone |
伙 appears in 35 compound words: 20 as the first character, 51 as the last, and 29 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 伙 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
这伙人经常在一起打球，关系非常好。
Zhè huǒ rén jīngcháng zài yīqǐ dǎ qiú, guānxi fēicháng hǎo.
This group of people often plays ball together and has a very good relationship.
“滶晨II”马年首周末沽2伙 套现近2700万元
滶 chén I I mǎ nián shǒu zhōu mò gū 2 huǒ tào xiàn jìn 2 7 0 0 wàn yuán
"Luchen II" sold 2 units on the first weekend of the Year of the Horse and cashed out nearly 27 million yuan
...EA 原业主持货不足1年即赚“1球”|入伙盘成交
. . . E A yuán yè zhǔ chí huò bù zú 1 nián jí zhuàn 1 qiú rù huǒ pán chéng jiāo
... EA's original owner made "1 ball" in less than 1 year|Transaction of the partnership
小伙出售前女友送的银手镯,剪开发现内芯为30...
xiǎo huǒ chū shòu qián nǚ yǒu sòng de yín shǒu 镯 , jiǎn kāi fā xiàn nèi xīn wéi . . .
Young man sells silver bracelet given by ex-girlfriend, cuts it open to find 30... inside.
守护万家灯火,90后山东小伙的萧山变电站除夕夜
shǒu hù mò jiā dēng huǒ , hòu shān dōng xiǎo huǒ de xiāo shān biàn diàn zhàn chú xī yè
Guarding the Lights of a Million Homes: A Shao Xian Substation New Year's Eve Night for a Shandong-Born Young Man Born in the 90s
为圆79岁母亲的“北京梦”,小伙儿包车带15口人进..
wéi yuán suì mǔ qīn de běi jīng mèng , xiǎo huǒ ér bāo chē dài kǒu rén jìn . .
To fulfill his 79-year-old mother's "Beijing dream," a young man chartered a bus to bring 15 family members to...
史蒂芬·科拜尔是一个好疯狂的家伙。
Shǐ dì fēn · kē bài ěr shì yī gè hǎo fēngkuáng de jiāhuo.
Stephen Colbert is a pretty crazy guy.
弗雷德是一个懒惰的家伙。
Fúléi dé shì yī gè lǎnduò de jiāhuo.
Fred is a lazy fellow.
他鄙视那个小伙子。
Tā bǐshì nàge xiǎohuǒzi.
She scorned the boy.
我们达成了合伙协议。
Wǒmen dáchéng le héhuǒ xiéyì.
We have reached a partnership agreement.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 亻 (person) component
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