# 火药 (huǒyào)

In Mandarin Chinese, 火药 (huǒyào) means “gunpowder”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: gunpowder
- Pinyin: huǒyào (huo3 yao4)
- Traditional: 火藥
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 火药是中国古代四大发明之一。
  Huǒyào shì Zhōngguó gǔdài sì dà fāmíng zhī yī.
  Gunpowder is one of the Four Great Inventions of ancient China.

## Characters

- [火](https://hanziro.com/word/huo-fire/) (huǒ): fire; urgent
- [药](https://hanziro.com/word/yao-medicine/) (yào): medicine

https://hanziro.com/word/huo-yao-gunpowder/

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