火箭

Chinese

		fire	arrow
trad. (火箭)		火	箭
simp. ^#(火箭)		火	箭

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huǒjiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² zin³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): fó-chien

(Hailu, HRS): fo^ˊ zien^ˇ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hér-chìⁿ / hé-chìⁿ / hóe-chìⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huǒjiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huǒjiàn
  - Wade–Giles: huo³-chien⁴
  - Yale: hwǒ-jyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoojiann
  - Palladius: хоцзянь (xoczjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fo² zin³
  - Yale: fó jin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fo² dzin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: fo² jin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ t͡siːn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fó-chien
  - Hakka Romanization System: fo^ˋ jien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fo³ jian⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /fo³¹ t͡si̯en⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: fo^ˊ zien^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /fo²⁴⁻³³ t͡sien¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hér-chìⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: hér-tsìnn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hə⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sĩ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hé-chìⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: hé-tsìnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hefcvix
  - IPA (Taipei): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-chìⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: hué-tsìnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoefcvix
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ²¹/
  - IPA (Penang): /hue⁴⁴⁵⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ²¹/

Noun

火箭

(historical) fire arrow
- 昭於是以火箭逆射其雲梯，梯然，梯上人皆燒死。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  昭于是以火箭逆射其云梯，梯然，梯上人皆烧死。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3^rd century CE
  Zhāo yúshì yǐ huǒjiàn nì shè qí yúntī, tī rán, tī shàng rén jiē shāo sǐ. [Pinyin]
  So Zhao shot the scaling ladder back with fire arrows. The ladder was on fire, and everyone on the ladder burned to death.
(figurative) rocket (non-guided missile or vehicle propelled by a rocket engine) (shape resembles arrow)
火箭按用途分為探空火箭和運載火箭。 [MSC, trad.]
火箭按用途分为探空火箭和运载火箭。 [MSC, simp.]
Huǒjiàn àn yòngtú fēnwéi tànkōng huǒjiàn hé yùnzài huǒjiàn. [Pinyin]
Rockets are divided into sounding rockets and launch vehicles according to their purposes.

Derived terms

探空火箭 (tànkōng huǒjiàn)
火箭彈 / 火箭弹 (huǒjiàndàn)
火箭炮 (huǒjiànpào)
火箭筒 (huǒjiàntǒng)
運載火箭 / 运载火箭 (yùnzài huǒjiàn)

Proper noun

火箭

(Malaysia, colloquial) Democratic Action Party (from the rocket party symbol)

References

小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “火箭”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
“火箭”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
Chia, Caroline, Hoogervorst, Tom, editors (2021), “Chapter 5 Native Lexical Innovation in Penang Hokkien: Thinking beyond Rojak”, in Sinophone Southeast Asia: Sinitic Voices across the Southern Seas (Chinese Overseas: History, Literature, and Society; 20 [Open Access])‎^[2], Brill, →ISBN, page 178