電光石火

See also: 电光石火

Chinese

		flash of lightning; electric light	stone fire
trad. (電光石火)		電光	石火
simp. (电光石火)		电光	石火
anagram		電光火石／电光火石
Literally: “a flash of lightning, a flint spark”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diànguāng shíhuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄤㄕˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): din⁶ gwong¹ sek⁶ fo²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diànguāng shíhuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄤㄕˊ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diànguang shíhhuǒ
  - Wade–Giles: tien⁴-kuang¹ shih²-huo³
  - Yale: dyàn-gwāng shŕ-hwǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diannguang shyrhuoo
  - Palladius: дяньгуан шихо (djanʹguan šixo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵¹ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: din⁶ gwong¹ sek⁶ fo²
  - Yale: dihn gwōng sehk fó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶ gwong¹ sek⁹ fo²
  - Guangdong Romanization: din⁶ guong¹ ség⁶ fo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn²² kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ sɛːk̚² fɔː³⁵/

Idiom

電光石火

something that vanishes in a flash

Japanese

Kanji in this term
電	光	石	火
でん Grade: 2	こう Grade: 2	せき > せっ Grade: 1	か Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

電光 (denkō) +‎ 石火 (sekka)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) でんこーせっか [dèńkóó séꜜkkà] (Nakadaka – [5])
IPA^(key): [dẽ̞ŋko̞ː se̞k̚ka̠]

Noun

電(でん)光(こう)石(せっ)火(か) • (denkō sekka) ^{←でんくわうせきくわ (denkwausekikwa)^?}

lightning speed