What does 祸 mean in Chinese?

祸 (huò) means "disaster; misfortune; calamity" in Chinese.

How do you pronounce 祸?

祸 is pronounced "huò" in Mandarin Chinese. The tone number is 4.

祸 is not part of the HSK vocabulary lists. It may be a specialized or advanced word.

Common words with 祸 include 人祸 (human disaster), 大祸 (disaster), 奇祸 (unexpected calamity), 嫁祸 (to impute), 惹祸 (to stir up trouble).

You can practice writing 祸 using our stroke order tool.

祸

huò

disaster; misfortune; calamity

Traditional: 禍

Radical: 示 (no. 113)Traditional: 禍

Example sentences coming soon.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
人祸	rén huò	human disaster
大祸	dà huò	disaster
奇祸	qí huò	unexpected calamity
嫁祸	jià huò	to impute
惹祸	rě huò	to stir up trouble
惨祸	cǎn huò	terrible tragedy
战祸	zhàn huò	disaster of war
戳祸	chuō huò	to stir up trouble
横祸	hèng huò	unexpected calamity
兵连祸结	bīng lián huò jié	ravaged by successive wars

This word is not part of the HSK vocabulary lists.

Reviewed by RJ Murray, Founder, HSK Lord.

祸

huò

disaster; misfortune; calamity

Traditional: 禍

Radical: 示 (no. 113)Traditional: 禍

Example sentences coming soon.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
人祸	rén huò	human disaster
大祸	dà huò	disaster
奇祸	qí huò	unexpected calamity
嫁祸	jià huò	to impute
惹祸	rě huò	to stir up trouble
惨祸	cǎn huò	terrible tragedy
战祸	zhàn huò	disaster of war
戳祸	chuō huò	to stir up trouble
横祸	hèng huò	unexpected calamity
兵连祸结	bīng lián huò jié	ravaged by successive wars