鬼仔火
Chinese
| ghost | fire | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (鬼仔火) | 鬼仔 | 火 | |
| simp. #(鬼仔火) | 鬼仔 | 火 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kúi-á-hé / kúi-á-hóe
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kúi-á-hé
- Tâi-lô: kuí-á-hé
- Phofsit Daibuun: kuyafhea
- IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ he⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kúi-á-hóe
- Tâi-lô: kuí-á-hué
- Phofsit Daibuun: kuyafhoea
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
Noun
鬼仔火
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 磷火 (“will o' the wisp; ignis fatuus”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 鬼火 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 磷火, 鬼火 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 鬼火兒 |
| Taiwan | 磷火, 鬼火 | |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 鬼燈籠兒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 鬼火 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 鬼火 |
| Lichuan | 鬼打燈, 鬼火 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 鬼火, 伯公火, 陰火 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 鬼火 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 鬼火, 伯公火, 陰火 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 鬼火, 伯公火, 陰火 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 鬼火, 伯公火, 陰火 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 鬼火 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 鬼火 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 鬼火 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鬼仔火, 鬼火 |
| Wu | Danyang | 鬼火 |
| Jinhua | 鬼燈 | |