死火

死火

Chinese

		to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
simp. and trad. (死火)		死	火

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐhuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sei² fo²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: sǐhuǒ [Phonetic: síhuǒ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyhuuo
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhhuǒ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xwɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: sǐhuǒr [Phonetic: síhuǒr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syyhuuol
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhhuǒr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xwɔɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei² fo²
    • Yale: séi fó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei² fo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi² fo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³⁵ fɔː³⁵/

Verb

死火

1. (of vehicles) to stall; to stop working

   架車死咗火嘅話，就要搵人嚟拖車喇。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   架车死咗火嘅话，就要揾人嚟拖车喇。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   Gaa³ ce¹ sei² zo² fo² ge³ waa^6-2, zau⁶ jiu³ wan² jan⁴ lai⁴ to¹ ce¹ laa³. [Jyutping]

   If the car stops working, you have to get someone to tow it away.

Derived terms

死火燈／死火灯

Interjection

死火

1. (Cantonese) oh no; what bad luck

   死火喇！我留咗份功課喺屋企𠻹！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   死火喇！我留咗份功课喺屋企𠻹！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   Sei² fo² laa³! Ngo⁵ lau⁴ zo² fan⁶ gung¹ fo³ hai² uk¹ kei⁵ tim¹! [Jyutping]

   Oh no! I left my homework at home!