小火

小火

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
simp. and trad. (小火)		小	火

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎohuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiǎohuǒ [Phonetic: xiáohuǒ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauhuuo
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiǎohuǒr [Phonetic: xiáohuǒr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauhuuol
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xwɔɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

小火

1. (cooking) slow fire; low heat

Antonyms

• 大火 (dàhuǒ)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
小	火
Grade: 1	Grade: 1
Irregular

The kanji are jukujikun.

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) ぼ​や [bóꜜyà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [bo̞ja̠]

Noun

小火 (hiragana ぼや, rōmaji boya)

1. small fire

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
小	火
しょう Grade: 1	か Grade: 1
on’yomi

/seukwa/ → /syouka/ → /ɕoːka/

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) しょ​ーか [shóꜜòkà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːka̠]

Noun

小火 (hiragana しょうか, rōmaji shōka, historical hiragana せうくわ)

1. small fire

Usage notes

• boya, although an unapproved reading of 小火, is used much more commonly than shōka

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN