起火
Chinese
| to rise; to raise; to get up | fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (起火) | 起 | 火 | |
| simp. #(起火) | 起 | 火 | |
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hei2 fo2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hí-fó
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ki3 huei3
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: qǐhuǒ [Phonetic: qíhuǒ]
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cǐhuǒ
- Wade–Giles: chʻi3-huo3
- Yale: chǐ-hwǒ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiihuoo
- Palladius: цихо (cixo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hei2 fo2
- Yale: héi fó
- Cantonese Pinyin: hei2 fo2
- Guangdong Romanization: héi2 fo2
- Sinological IPA (key): /hei̯³⁵ fɔː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hí-fó
- Hakka Romanization System: hiˋ foˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: hi3 fo3
- Sinological IPA: /hi³¹ fo³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ki3 huei3 [Phonetic: ki5 uei3]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: kî-hôi
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰi⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ (h-)uei⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ki3 huei3 [Phonetic: ki5 uei3]
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰi³³²⁻²¹ (h-)uei³³²/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-hér
- Tâi-lô: khí-hér
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hə⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-hé
- Tâi-lô: khí-hé
- Phofsit Daibuun: qy'hea
- IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ he⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-hóe
- Tâi-lô: khí-hué
- Phofsit Daibuun: qy'hoea
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
Note: “to catch fire”.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ki2 huê2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khí hué
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰi⁵²⁻³⁵ hue⁵²⁻²¹/
- (Teochew)
Verb
起⫽火 (verb-object) (intransitive)
- to start cooking; to prepare meals
- to catch fire; to ignite
- to get angry
- (Hokkien) to build a fire; to light a fire
Synonyms
- (to catch fire):
- (to get angry):
- 上火 (shànghuǒ) (dialectal Mandarin)
- 使性地 (sái-sìng-tē) (Hokkien)
- 使性子 (shǐ xìngzi)
- 使氣 / 使气 (shǐqì)
- 使癖 (Hokkien)
- 使頸 / 使颈 (sai2 geng2) (Cantonese)
- 冒煙 / 冒烟 (màoyān) (colloquial)
- 動怒 / 动怒 (dòngnù)
- 受氣 / 受气 (siū-khì) (Hokkien)
- 嗔怒 (chēnnù)
- 大怒 (dànù)
- 奭 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
- 威怒 (wēinù) (literary)
- 尥蹶子 (liàojuězi)
- 𡳞火 (Hokkien, vulgar)
- 弄性子 (nòng xìngzi) (colloquial)
- 忿懥 (fènzhì) (literary)
- 急 (jí)
- 怒 (nù) (literary, or in compounds)
- 急眼 (jíyǎn) (colloquial)
- 惱怒 / 恼怒 (nǎonù)
- 惹氣 / 惹气 (rěqì)
- 惱火 / 恼火 (nǎohuǒ)
- 戳火 (cuah4 hue2) (Jin)
- 掛氣 / 挂气 (guàqì) (dialectal)
- 暴怒 (bàonù) (to explode in anger)
- 有氣 / 有气 (yǒuqì)
- 氣 / 气
- 氣惱 / 气恼 (qìnǎo)
- 火大 (huǒdà)
- 火癀 (Hokkien)
- 燒色 / 烧色 (chiáu-să̤) (Northern Min)
- 爆氣 / 爆气
- 犯脾氣 / 犯脾气 (fàn píqi) (colloquial)
- 狂怒 (kuángnù) (to explode in anger)
- 生氣 / 生气 (shēngqì)
- 癀發 / 癀发 (Hokkien)
- 發呴 / 发呴 (7faq 1heu) (Wu)
- 發性地 / 发性地 (Hokkien)
- 發火 / 发火 (fāhuǒ)
- 發癀 / 发癀 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 發老脾 / 发老脾 (faat3 lou5 pei4-2) (Cantonese)
- 發脾四 / 发脾四 (faat3 pei4 sei3) (Cantonese)
- 發脾氣 / 发脾气 (fā píqi)
- 發臉 / 发脸 (Hokkien)
- 發輦 / 发辇 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 發飆 / 发飙 (fābiāo) (colloquial)
- 盛怒 (shèngnù)
- 瞋恚 (chēnhuì) (Classical Chinese)
- 耍態度 / 耍态度 (shuǎ tàidù) (colloquial)
- 耍脾氣 / 耍脾气 (shuǎ píqi)
- 苦氣 / 苦气 (Hokkien)
- 見氣 / 见气 (Yangzhou Mandarin, Huizhou, Wu, Xiang, Pingxiang Gan)
- 起性 (Hokkien)
- 起性地 (Hokkien)
- 起花光 (kī-huă-guŏng) (Eastern Min)
- 震怒 (zhènnù)
- 鬧脾氣 / 闹脾气 (nào píqi)
Derived terms
- 後院起火 / 后院起火
- 心頭起火 / 心头起火
- 起火店
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: qǐhuo
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ˙ㄏㄨㄛ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cǐhuo̊
- Wade–Giles: chʻi3-huo5
- Yale: chǐ-hwo
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chii.huo
- Palladius: цихо (cixo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴ xu̯ɔ⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: qǐhuǒ [Phonetic: qíhuǒ]
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cǐhuǒ
- Wade–Giles: chʻi3-huo3
- Yale: chǐ-hwǒ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiihuoo
- Palladius: цихо (cixo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
Noun
起火
- (historical) a type of traditional Chinese firework